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Notice to all owners, managing agents, skippers, designers, builders, surveyors, crew and certifying authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels.
Notice to all owners, managing agents, skippers, designers, builders, surveyors, crew and certifying authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels
Guidance for ships on the requirements of the merchant shipping (prevention of air Pollution from ships) regulations 2008, as amended.
Provides guidance to owners and crew to the inherent dangers on vessels not properly equipped for overnight sleeping on-board.
Highlights conflict between safety and security with regards to means of escape and provides advice on the methods to overcome the conflict.
This notice covers the regulations, risks and need for awareness associated to exposure to harmful levels of artificial optical radiation.
This note provides guidance to owners, operators and seafarers on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints made to the MCA relating to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC).
Guidance on the regulations for deep-sea pilotage. This notice also includes contact details for the competent authorities covering the areas concerned
Users of the code are advised to implement amendments, in particular sections 4 and 8, and note additional products added to Annex 1 (IMSBC)
Guidelines by the IMO on the preparation, approval and implementation of procedures necessary for solid bulk cargoes which may liquefy.
UK policy and procedure for acceptance of descent equipment intended to provide a controlled means of decent to reach survival craft.
The minimum requirements for existing containerships to comply with section 6 (Design) of Annex 14 of the CSS Code.
This notice gives guidance on the measures that shipowners and employers are expected to take in order to provide for safe movement on board UK ships.
Guidance for carrying military explosives, stating when a Government Authorised Explosives Representative is required, supplements the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.
This notice sets out new requirement mandating the carriage of electronic inclinometers on new container ships and bulk carriers of 3,000 gross tonnage and above from 1 January 2026
Notice to all designers, builders, surveyors, owners, managing agents, skippers, crew and certifying authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels.
This MGN draws attention to and provides clarification on the inspection regime applicable to RoRo and high speed passenger craft operating a regular service out of a UK port.
This MGN provides guidance on the construction requirements in MSN 1900.
This notice outlines information on the regulations, policies and procedures for the issue of discharge books
Guidance on the purpose of a British Seaman’s Card, who is eligible to be issued with one, and how to apply. Eligibility has recently been extended to fishermen. This is interim guidance pending public consultation on eligib…
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