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Draft regulations to implement international safety requirements for bulk carriers.
Introduces revised requirements for the training and certification of officers and crew on all high speed craft, including hovercraft.
The annex to this amending notice revokes and replaces section 1 of schedule 2 of MSN 1699.
This notice advises all shipowners, shipbuilders, ship repairers, ship masters, certifying authorities and surveyors of the new 1998 Passenger Ship Construction Regulations.
Guidance for complying with the merchant shipping (cargo ship construction) regulations 1997.
Amending the previous MSN 1671.
This notice explains amendments to schedules in MSN 1671.
This MSN replaces MSN 1669
The provision of safety information and for owners and operators to ensure adequate measures are taken to inform passengers in an emergency.
Recommendations for voluntary short course appropriate to the manning and trading patterns of small vessels.
The guidance has been updated to reflect the 10m or less fishers’ medical exemption as outlined within MSN 1915 (F). Amendment 5 clarifies the review process for ML5 Medicals.
Highlighting the new DfT point of contact for the approval of tank inspection bodies.
This notice outlines the criteria under the Maritime Labour Convention for medical practitioners who are qualified to work as a ship’s doctor on a UK ship.
UK class III, VI and VI(A) steel or equivalent ships built before 1 July 1998 to phase-in requirements of Annex 1 council directive 98/18/EC
Designates UK VTS for the purpose of requiring compliance by shipping with regulations 6 and 7 of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 2004.
Text of the SPS Code 1983
Workboat Code Edition 3 – Annex 3 The Safety of Police Boats sets out a standard for the construction, machinery, carriage of equipment, manning, survey and certification of Police Boats.
Legislation to implement the current version of SOLAS chapter II-1, includes ambulatory reference provision to give effect to changes to SOLAS chapter II-1 as amended
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…
This MSN implements the legislative background of the 2019 and 2024 versions of the REG Yacht Code Part A
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