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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.
Calculating the tonnage of multihull (under 24m) vessels in advance of the wider publication to Instructions to Surveyors.
UK policy and procedure for acceptance of descent equipment intended to provide a controlled means of decent to reach survival craft.
Requirement to maintain compulsory insurance against liability for bunker oil pollution damage and information on the limits of liability.
The roles of the MCA, as Maritime Passenger Rights National Enforcement Body, and the voluntary UK Complaint Handling Bodies.
Information about the correct storage and stowage of packaged quantities of dangerous goods.
Amendment 1 outlines information about the safety and duty of care for people on a vessel who are not employed by the ship owner.
Outlining guidance on the duty of care of companies, employers to all workers under the MS (Health and safety at work) Regulations 1997.
This note provides guidance to owners, operators and seafarers on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints made to the MCA relating to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC).
This guidance outlines the arrangements in place in the UK for accessing shore based welfare facilities.
This Notice provides information on assessing and mitigating risks when writing a risk assessment for the wearing of Personal Flotation Devices.
The minimum standards to be met in paying fishermen for their work on fishing vessels whether fishermen are employed or work as self-employed share fishermen.
Amendment 2 provides information on controlling risks in the workplace to the exposure of electromagnetic fields (EMFS).
Introduces the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Hovercraft Code
Guidance on how ship owners can comply with the updated UK legislation, (now the UK has adopted the Maritime Labour Convention MLC).
Amendment to MGN 83a.
Advises on the guidelines and specifications of hyperbaric evacuation systems to be provided for the evacuation of divers in saturation.
Introducing the wellbeing at sea tool designed as an evidence based approach for organisations to prioritise, develop and test wellbeing at sea.
GMDSS - Iridium satellite services - distress and MSI – operational status and regulations.
Notice to all Shipowners, Operators, Managers, Masters, Officers and Crew.
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