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This MGN informs interested parties of the MCA installation and testing requirements for the approval of new fixed aerosol fire extinguishing systems for use in small vessel machinery spaces.
This notice provides guidelines for the Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024. It covers the process for obtaining ship, Company and Registered Owner IMO numbers and explains the …
This MGN provides guidance on the harmonization of existing requirements for watertight doors in cargo ships in the 1988 Load Line Protocol, MARPOL, IGC Code and IBC Code with those in SOLAS.
This Note provides the consolidated text of the revised explanatory notes to the SOLAS Chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations as set out in MSC.429(98)/Rev.2.
Provides additional recommendations and considerations for short range yachts operating outside short range limits
This MIN is about the examination and inspection of mast and spars.
This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides the latest advice to mariners on products sold as distress signalling equipment to be used in an emergency.
Introducing the wellbeing at sea tool designed as an evidence based approach for organisations to prioritise, develop and test wellbeing at sea.
This notice advises what medical conditions are required to be reported on during the validity of an ENG1 medical certificate.
This Marine Information Note is to highlight that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recently adopted voluntary guidelines relating to biofouling and underwater noise.
Notice to all shipowners, seafarers, nautical colleges and those concerned with merchant navy training.
Information outlining the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), amendments 2022 and proposals for implementation into UK legislation with guidance to industry.
This MIN provides information related to the coming into force dates for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Special Areas in MARPOL Annex I and the Red Sea Special Area in MARPOL Annex V.
The General Exemption for Passenger ships of classes EU B, C and D and UK class III and VI has now been removed as a result of the coming into force of the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020.
This note describes the initial implementation by the MCA of electronic certificates and the means by which their validity may be verified.
This notice recommends that a master or chief mate of large ships have adequate experience in unusual maneuvering characteristics.
Advice, rules and regulations about installing oil-fired appliances on board ship.
Regulations for the safe operation of manned submersible craft operated commercially in United Kingdom waters.
Advice on courses for training in basic sea survival techniques.
This MSN replaces MSN 1668
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