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Guidance on identifying and dealing with overweight lifeboats and rescue boats.
Amendment 2 lists merchant notices and marine guidance notes which provide standards or guidance for implementation of the maritime labour convention, 2006.
Information on the procedure for applying for a substantial equivalence on UK flagged vessels, which are subject to the MLC, 2006.
Requirements for crew agreements to be maintained on UK sea-going ships and yachts which are not subject to the MLC.
How owners and operators of UK registered ships comply with the requirements of Part 7 of the MS MLC, minimum requirements for seafarers, regulations 2014.
For guidance on how to comply with the audit and self-assessment requirements of safety management code for domestic passenger ships as set out in the amended MSN 1869(M).
Crew accommodation standards as a substantial equivalence to MLC standard A3.1 for new UK vessels under 200GT, ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.
Notice to ship owners, operators and managers, masters, officers and crew, authorised service providers, lifeboat equipment manufacturers and UK authorised recognised organisations
This notice gives guidance as per International Maritime Organisation (IMO) circulars MSC.1/Circ.1295, 1298, 1307 and 1338 regarding the survey, certification and compliance of ships that are required to transmit long-rang…
Amendment 1provides information on the cause and prevention of infectious disease at sea.
O 1 Ionawr 2025 ymlaen, rhaid i gynhyrchwyr atebol sy’n cyflenwi pecynwaith cartrefi asesu ailgylchadwyedd y pecynwaith hwnnw ac adrodd am ganlyniadau’r asesiad i’r rheoleiddiwr.
This document contains useful information about Mexico to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Details on the requirements for seafarers and fishermen to be given a written record of their work, titled as a certificate of discharge.
Draws attention to incidents with electrical equipment, maintenance responsibilities and the use of thermographic imaging as a maintenance tool.
Details minimum level of training for concessionaires and crew, working on board UK domestic passenger ships of classes IV to VI (A).
Standard reporting format and procedures for reporting incidents involving harmful or dangerous goods & substances.
Research Project 502: Design guidance on high speed craft dynamic stability in following and quartering seas.
Guidance on interpretation of The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) 2018 services agreement and ancillary legal documents.
Changes to the way benefits can be reduced or stopped as a penalty for a benefit fraud offence following the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
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