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Information on cargoes that may be a risk on vessels and cargoes classed as dangerous under the international maritime dangerous goods code.
Recommended standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Guidance regarding the use of operating instructions and signage for fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems.
Provides links to websites containing information countering piracy, armed robbery and other acts of violence against merchant shipping
Guidance on the requirements of 'MSC.1/Circ.1252' and carrying out tests on non-SOLAS ships with class 'A' automatic identification systems.
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.
Information about the correct storage and stowage of packaged quantities of dangerous goods.
The legal position in the UK with regards to the recent amendments to SOLAS VI which take effect from 1st July 2016.
This guidance advises on the need to ensure that there are safe means of access and the protective measures that can be taken to minimise risks.
Substantially equivalent accommodation standards agreed by UK tripartite working group for new vessels of 200GT to less than 500GT.
The purpose of this MGN is to provide further information with respect to the requirements for oil or oily mixture discharges for offshore installations engaged in oil and gas operations on the Continental Shelf.
Notice to ship owners, operators and managers, masters, officers and crew, authorised service providers, lifeboat equipment manufacturers and UK authorised recognised organisations
This MGN provides guidance and clarification for aspects of MARPOL Annex V, polar code and merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621).
This Note provides advice about the subdivision and damage stability requirements for cargo ships using the probabilistic method, the categories of ship to which those requirements apply and the formulae to be used for calcu…
This MGN draws attention to procedures and minimum levels of service for the testing and maintenance of EPIRBs; automatically including the ship's position in distress alerts; and, supplying radio installations from an e…
Provides additional recommendations and considerations for short range yachts operating outside short range limits
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that start on 1 January 2019.
Midwifery visual strategy
Provides additional guidance on the government's support for maritime training scheme (SMarT).
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