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Support for maritime training (SMarT) funding is available for merchant navy training until March 2024.
Guidance about the types of vessels that can operate on UK inland waters. It also refers to EU requirements and regulations.
The safety requirements for systems and equipment that move and control vessels, and make vessels usable for crew, passengers and cargo.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors, which covers the survey of fishing vessels.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
Amendment 2 advises on risk assessment, for operators of UK passenger ferries and high speed passenger craft to determine whether to carry defibrillators.
A code of practice that's voluntary for boats which are less than 15 metres in length, and required for HMCG declared facilities.
Guidance for drivers and loaders who are transporting dangerous goods.
Sets out alternative ways that certain smaller vessels operated under MCA codes of practice may satisfy paper chart carriage requirements.
Explains the need to maintain a proper navigational watch at all times.
These regulations are amended by the 2015 regulations to place a duty on shipowners to ensure there are copies of the code available on a ship and accessible to all seafarers.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors completing survey work for the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
Looking into what can lead to people making mistakes and how to mitigate errors.
Countries accepted towards issuing Red Ensign Group (REG) Flag State Endorsement
Guidance on the use of SV-ECS on small commercial vessels up to 24 metres in load line length.
This MGN provides best practice marine guidance to facilitate safe and environmentally friendly battery solutions for vessels utilising lithium-ion batteries.
The purpose of this Marine Guidance Note (MGN) is to advise of amendments to the Life Saving Appliance (LSA) Code and application date.
This MIN outlines the recognised qualifications available from official awarding bodies, which the MCA will accept for issuing a ship’s cooks CoC
Background information on the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery, and survey reports from 1995 to present.
MCA guidance on using small vessels commercially
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