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Guidance for owners and skippers when they are operating their vessel outside UK waters.
Guidance on the use of barbecues and pig roasts on ships and fishing vessels, corrects information from MGN 406.
Guidance for ships on the requirements of the merchant shipping (prevention of air Pollution from ships) regulations 2008, as amended.
Details the research undertaken and the procedures to be followed to demonstrate the fire protection standards for non-steel constructions.
Provides guidelines on the requirements and performance standards, for new technology light sources as required by the IMO.
SOLAS amendments for passenger ship cabin balconies and fire protection and suppression system requirements .
Recommeded standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Concerns a circular issued about approved fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems for cabin balconies on passenger ships.
Reports the findings of a series of trials and evacuation exercises undertaken or witnessed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Draws the attention to the dangers from exposed aerial lead-ins and the measures that should be taken to reduce the risk of injury.
Research Project 502: Design guidance on high speed craft dynamic stability in following and quartering seas.
Wheelhouse visibility requirements for all fishing vessels.
Advice on the selection of fire detection and alarm equipment - need for automatic fire detection in enclosed spaces on 15m to 24m vessels
Statutory requirements for operators of passenger vessels to ensure that there are sufficient crew for the safe operation of the vessel.
Outlines a potential lifejacket safety issue and highlights the need for guidance on evacuating infants and people with disabilities.
Annex 1 to marine guidance notice 272 contains a voyage data recorder performance test certification.
Advises of the decommissioning of halon as a fire-extinguishing medium because of its damaging effect on the stratospheric ozone layer.
Provides advice and a reminder on the safe use and handling of gas welding and burning equipment.
MCA policy statement on the development of standards in new safety regulations, new and existing ships, following Thames safety inquiry.
Draws attention to obligations, responsibilities placed upon terminal operators involved in the loading and unloading of solid bulk cargoes.
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