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Guidance for fishermen on health and safety best practice, and applying merchant shipping and fishing vessel regulations.
Guidance and application information for gaining a Fishing Certificate of Competency for deck and engineer officers, including conversions and upgrades.
Exploring safe, future-ready maritime nuclear systems.
MCA guidance on using small vessels commercially
A code of practice that's voluntary for boats which are less than 15 metres in length, and required for HMCG declared facilities.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
This MGN annexes a revision of the Code of Practice ‘Roll-on/Roll-off Ships – Stowage and Securing of Vehicles’
Updated guidance on in water survey in lieu of dry docking for statutory bottom inspection for UK passenger and cargo vessels, including domestic vessels.
How owners and operators of UK registered ships comply with the requirements of Part 7 of the MS MLC, minimum requirements for seafarers, regulations 2014.
Provides links to websites containing information countering piracy, armed robbery and other acts of violence against merchant shipping
The use of mobile phones at inappropriate times is distracting bridge management teams from their primary duties of navigating and conning their vessel.
This guidance provides clarification of the MCA's Dyslexia Policy and considers up to date guidance from the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) while maintaining compliance with STCW requirements.
Note gives guidance on Pre-registration Survey process for fishing vessels.
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
The first part of the Maritime Labour Certificate; this form identifies the topics for inspection.
The oral examination syllabuses for SV Engineers.
Part MSIS 14 of the instructions for the guidance of surveyors.
Details of the offshore search and rescue courses for the energy industries, provided by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
A list of healthcare providers, and the doctors approved to carry out ENG 1 medical examinations.
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