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Details on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints, made to the MCA, relating to the work in fishing convention 2007 (ILO 188).
MGN 637 provides further guidance on the safety, training and manning requirements of The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021
Notice to all builders, designers, surveyors, operators and skippers of UK under 15m fishing vessels and small commercial vessels and workboats.
Guidance concerning the choice of an alternative engine in the event the owner or operator is not able to purchase an IMO MARPOL Annex VI tier III standard engine.
This MGN provides guidance on MSN 1902 and MSN 1903.
This Note provides advice about the subdivision and damage stability requirements for cargo ships using the probabilistic method, the categories of ship to which those requirements apply and the formulae to be used for calcu…
Provides additional guidance on the government's support for maritime training scheme (SMarT).
Additional funding up to £3 million a year allocated to UK government’s financial support scheme (SMarT) for merchant navy seafarer training
Information on the amendments made to the International Convention on MARPOL Annex I by the IMO Resolutions adopted since 2004.
This MIN notes the Certificates of Competency (CoCs) and the endorsements on CoC’s (as listed in the Annex) which are suspended as of 00:01 GMT Monday 6 January 2020.
Notice to all Shipowners, Operators, Managers, Masters, Officers and Crew.
This MIN provides information on the safety climate tool created collaboratively between the MCA and the HSE to help improve the organisation’s safety culture.
This guidance note identifies the standards of VTS Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) recognised by the United Kingdom Competent Authority.
Information outlining the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), amendments 2022 and proposals for implementation into UK legislation with guidance to industry.
This notice recommends that a master or chief mate of large ships have adequate experience in unusual maneuvering characteristics.
Recommendations for voluntary short course appropriate to the manning and trading patterns of small vessels.
The requirement is to provide a means of escape from enclosed spaces when other escape arrangements can not be used.
Notification that the vocational qualification (VQ) route to certification is being introduced.
This MSN replaces MSN 1669
Guidance on helicopter landing areas fitted on roll-on and roll-off ships of 130 metres and more in length, built on or after 1 July 1999.
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