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This notice gives guidance as per International Maritime Organisation (IMO) circulars MSC.1/Circ.1295, 1298, 1307 and 1338 regarding the survey, certification and compliance of ships that are required to transmit long-rang…
Updated guidance on the above regulations following amendments by the IMO to the requirements regarding Lifting appliances that have been introduced via ambulatory reference.
MGN provides guidance on use of Electronic Record Books for the purpose of recording Navigational Activities as stipulated within SOLAS Chapter V/Reg 28 and IMO Resolution A.916(22).
MGN 70 (M) Amendment 1 includes a new reporting procedure for UK-flagged vessels coming to the UK, non UK-flagged vessels in UK waters and UK port facilities discovering a stowaway incident.
Guidance note recommending a common format for stability information booklets for use on board fishing vessels.
Recommended standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Guidance on the risk and transmission of Legionnaire's Disease via air conditioning plants and counter measures.
Amendment 2 lists merchant notices and marine guidance notes which provide standards or guidance for implementation of the maritime labour convention, 2006.
Amendment 2 includes the 2014 Amendments to the MLC which came into force internationally in January 2017.
This MGN re-introduces the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) SSPS code.
In 2018, ILO Convention No. 188 The Work in Fishing Convention will also be implemented in the UK.
Updated instructions for the guidance of surveyors, applied to craft built on or after 1 July 2008.
This course provides learners with the necessary knowledge, understanding and proficiency to conduct safe and effective operations onboard of vessels already utilising electric drives with battery technologies.
Materials for MCA course for local authorities on how to carry out and supervise shoreline clean-ups.
An international list of people who can carry out radio surveys on behalf of the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
Response information and training on countering pollution or threats of pollution from shipping and offshore installations in UK waters.
What kinds of vessels get expanded inspections by the MCA, what happens during the inspections, notice, and where you can find more advice.
This MIN details a new route for applicants looking to gain an UK OOW yachts, less than 3000 GT, unlimited area, II/1 Certificate of Competency.
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Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation including court hearings from January 2025.
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