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Guidance on the requirements of 'MSC.1/Circ.1252' and carrying out tests on non-SOLAS ships with class 'A' automatic identification systems.
Explains the reporting procedures being implemented by MCA through the European consolidated reporting system (CERS).
Notice to all Shipowners, Agents, Recognised Organisation, Certifying Authorities, Builders, Masters, Skippers and Officers. This notice replaces MGN 392(M+F)
Procedures for persons wishing to obtain authorisation to carry out radio surveys are explained.
Details on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints, made to the MCA, relating to the work in fishing convention 2007 (ILO 188).
Fishing vessel owners must have insurance, or another form of financial security, to meet their liabilities and requirements under ILO 188.
Amendment 2 provides information on controlling risks in the workplace to the exposure of electromagnetic fields (EMFS).
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 on the requirements for the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to vibrations at work.
Information on the safe operation of power operated watertight doors and references to additional information.
Outlines compliance with the international maritime dangerous goods code when transporting limited quantities of retail goods on ferries.
Highlights the dangers to passengers and crew of moving vehicles during operations on board roll-on and roll-off ships.
High-speed craft are known to suffer some degree of difficulty in following and quartering seas, including behaviour surfing, bow diving and broaching.
Guidance and information on the requirements for AIS carriage on double-ended passenger ferries, and the specific arrangements for ensuring AIS has correct heading input, regardless of direction of travel.
Provides advice and a reminder on the safe use and handling of gas welding and burning equipment.
Guidance on stowage positions and other measures that will significantly reduce the possibility of a liferaft or an EPIRB becoming trapped.
Advises of the decommissioning of halon as a fire-extinguishing medium because of its damaging effect on the stratospheric ozone layer.
Notice outlines the guidance and procedure for obtaining an exemption from requirements of merchant shipping and fishing vessel (control of noise at work)
Guidance on mitigating, where there is risk of injury, from the effects and impacts of whole-body vibration on small vessels.
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