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Guidance and procedures for carrying out emergency drills on board fishing vessels.
This notice provides guidance on overside working systems, their use, standards, maintenance and regulations.
This Notice provides information on assessing and mitigating risks when writing a risk assessment for the wearing of Personal Flotation Devices.
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.
Advises of possibility of premature pipe failure due to fatigue when pipes are incorrectly mounted, or subjected to in service vibration.
Advises of the decommissioning of halon as a fire-extinguishing medium because of its damaging effect on the stratospheric ozone layer.
Advises about potential consequences of non-payment for services provided to a ship by land earth stations operating in the INMARSAT system.
Guidance for designers and operators of small passenger ships to take into account passengers with disabilities, and mobility issues.
Wheelhouse visibility requirements for all fishing vessels.
Guidance for actions to take in the event of explosives (including Phosphorous devices) being picked up at sea.
Amendment 2 outlines guidance for seafarers about their protection, rights and entitlements under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.
Information on the application of the requirement for a seafarer employment agreement to trainees engaged through an approved training provider on a UK ship.
Guidance on the regulations for deep-sea pilotage. This notice also includes contact details for the competent authorities covering the areas concerned
Details required by Competent Authorities for them to apply to IMO, for cargoes not listed, to be incorporated within appendix 1 of (IMSBC)
For many ships operating offshore, the full extent contained within IMO regulations may be partially exempted and/or equivalent standards.
Calculating the tonnage of multihull (under 24m) vessels in advance of the wider publication to Instructions to Surveyors.
This notice gives guidance on the measures that shipowners and employers are expected to take in order to provide for safe movement on board UK ships.
This Marine Guidance Note (MGN) highlights the issues to be considered when planning and undertaking voyages in the vicinity of offshore renewable energy installations (OREIs) in UK waters.
Recommended standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Guidance on interpretation of The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024.
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