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General advice on the supply and use of working and protective gear (personal protective equipment (PPE)) on fishing vessels.
Research Project 502: Design guidance on high speed craft dynamic stability in following and quartering seas.
Reports the findings of a series of trials and evacuation exercises undertaken or witnessed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Guidelines about the unit weight of passengers and vessels where certificates state a limiting number of passengers.
Explains the reporting procedures being implemented by MCA through the European consolidated reporting system (CERS).
It is an offence to establish and use an unlicensed broadcasting station on board ships either within or outside UK territorial limits.
Information about the U.S. Clean Water Act and compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's vessel general permit (VGP).
Guidance for ships on the requirements of the merchant shipping (prevention of air Pollution from ships) regulations 2008, as amended.
Provides guidance to owners and crew to the inherent dangers on vessels not properly equipped for overnight sleeping on-board.
Revision to the limits of liability (1992 Civil Liability Convention) and note to maintain compulsory insurance against pollution damage.
Amendment 3 provides a standard for the construction, machinery, carriage of equipment, manning, survey and certification of Police Boats.
This MGN re-introduces the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) SSPS code.
Notifying the shipping industry of the potential hazards when carrying specialised vehicles.
Process to be applied by ship operators to demonstrate the assessment and mitigation of the risk of a single point of failure
If a fisherman requires medical care while working on a fishing vessel they must receive this free of charge and costs rest with the fishing vessel owner.
The purpose of this MGN is to provide further information with respect to the requirements for oil or oily mixture discharges for offshore installations engaged in oil and gas operations on the Continental Shelf.
This notice should be read with MGN 538, MGN 571, MGN 587 and MGN 588 and replaces MGN 494.
Notice to all owners, managing agents, skippers, designers, builders, surveyors, crew and certifying authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels
Notice to all designers, builders, surveyors, owners, managing agents, skippers, crew and certifying authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels.
Notice to all designers, builders, surveyors, owners, managing agents, skippers, crew and Certifying Authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels.
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