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Provides guidance on the application of SOLAS Chapter VI in the UK and on UK ships, to be read alongside the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2024.
This notice outlines information on the regulations, policies and procedures for the issue of discharge books
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors on damage stability SOLAS 2020 amendments with explanatory notes
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors on international load line
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
Provides guidance and advice on validation stages and how the process can be applied within the digital forensic sciences.
Information about methanol (also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, carbinol), for use in chemical incidents.
Instructions for approving doctors and clinicians under the Mental Health Act 1983.
This poster promotes the meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccine available to university entrants.
Detailed information to help parents protect their babies against meningitis and septicaemia caused by meningococcal group B (MenB).
This page is designed to provide British Nationals with an overview of medical treatment in China and information on how the FCDO can help if a British National is in hospital.
This document sets out what you must do if you want to get accreditation from us to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks.
This document sets out the performance standard for indicative ambient dust monitors.
This guidance describes the certification process for continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS), transportable CEMS (T-CEMS) and dust arrestment plant monitors.
Sets out the guidance to support local authorities in administering the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund in 2025 to 2026.
Practical advice on the provision of food and water for all fishing vessels.
Information on the responsibilities of fishing vessel owners, including managers, the skipper and fishermen, for health and safety on UK fishing vessels.
Guidance and clarification on the Merchant Shipping International Load Line Convention (Amendment) regulations 2018
Amendment 1 outlines circumstances in which shipowners are required to repatriate seafarers under the MLC and guidance on the maximum period of sea service.
Maximum continuous engine power is the total power that can be obtained at the flywheel of each engine used to propel the vessel.
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