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Provides guidance to owners and crew to the inherent dangers on vessels not properly equipped for overnight sleeping on-board.
Guidance on mitigating, where there is risk of injury, from the effects and impacts of whole-body vibration on small vessels.
Revised arrangements of the government’s financial support scheme for merchant navy training, (SMarT), from 1 August 2012 to 31 March 2015.
Requirement to maintain compulsory insurance against liability for bunker oil pollution damage and information on the limits of liability.
Guidance on the implementation of Port Waste Reception Facilities for ships and harbours/ports/terminals. The purpose of revising this MGN is to reference new methods of payment for Port Waste Exemption applications.
This Note sets out the procedure for Conformity Assessment Bodies to follow in seeking designation as a UK Nominated Body under the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025.
This notice provides details of the 2025 amendments to the code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (“the Code”, also “COSWP”).
Maritime ban on PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate acid), a persistent organic pollutant, in firefighting media, resolutions MSC.536(107) and MSC.537(107).
This MSN replaces MSN 1666
This MSN updates previous versions of MSN 1794(M) outlining the obligations on passenger ships operators to report persons data at the start of a voyage.
Amendment 1 replaces schedule 3, Appendix 5 and Appendix 6 of the existing MSN 1819, bringing them in line with International and EU law.
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in those Regula…
Details of emergency response planning for at-sea renewable energy installations.
Advice about regulations applying to pleasure (sport or recreational) craft.
This Remote Operator Training and Certification Pilot Framework sets out a voluntary pilot scheme developed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), in collaboration with industry and academia. This sets out the propo…
This guide highlights some of the risks that are greater if you fish on your own and what you can do about them.
Guidance for drivers and loaders who are transporting dangerous goods.
Information and links to documents referenced in MGN 534
All fishing vessels must carry out regular drills and record these. Drills may differ depending on whether the vessel is single handed or not.
Owners of UK-flagged fishing vessels are responsible for basic health and safety on board their boats, safe working practices and safety equipment.
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