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Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2022.
Temporary relocation of the Liverpool marine office and the temporary reduction of service at HM Coastguard Liverpool coastal operations base.
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.
Draft notices to be read with the proposed regulations for fire protection.
This Note provides information for the Plan Approval, Construction and Outfit and Certification of New build fishing vessels.
A look back at what you have learnt in leading for safety and advice on how to put those learnings into action. Also guidance on what further reading you can do.
Draft regulations to implement fire protection.
Guidance to take into consideration when looking to procure insurance for any volunteer work.
Advice on how to meet the quality standards required by Article 13 Merchant Shipping (Passengers’ Rights) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Alert industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required
Process to be applied by ship operators to demonstrate the assessment and mitigation of the risk of a single point of failure
Alerts industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
Accessibility and cookie statements for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's certificate of competency checker service.
This MGN should be read in conjunction with Part 1 of the IPV Code.
This MGN provides guidance on the harmonization of existing requirements for watertight doors in cargo ships in the 1988 Load Line Protocol, MARPOL, IGC Code and IBC Code with those in SOLAS.
This safety bulletin is a notification of deficient equipment.
Guidance on mitigating, where there is risk of injury, from the effects and impacts of whole-body vibration on small vessels.
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
Transposition and implementation of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (C188) into UK Law
Two new guides offering practical advice to improve wellbeing at sea. One for organisations, one for seafarers. Available via TSO and MCA.
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