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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency answers the questions we've received about how to get a certificate of medical fitness, and why it's important.
These draft notices advise on the application and effect of the draft Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022 which are subject to approval by Parliament, and could change.
The 2014 MLC regulations form part of the UK's approach to ensuring the safety and protection of seafarers on UK flagged vessels and foreign flagged vessels whilst in the UK.
List of surveyors authorised to conduct registration surveys of fishing vessels of less than 15m length overall built before 16 July 2007
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2016.
Amendment 1 outlines details on how the exposure to radiation can take many forms and can cause varying degrees of harm.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2017.
This MGN provides guidance on the criteria for exempting unmanned non-self-propelled barges from some MARPOL Annex I and IV survey and certification requirements and how to apply.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors in survey and inspection of ‘GMDSS’ radio installations on ships for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the various Statutory Instruments covering merchant shipping.
It is an offence to establish and use an unlicensed broadcasting station on board ships either within or outside UK territorial limits.
Amendment 2 outlines guidance for seafarers about their protection, rights and entitlements under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.
Partial Declaration Of Survey Of A Passenger Ship Operating Solely In UK Categorised Waters (Hull and Machinery)
This notice provides guidance on how to reduce the risk of flooding and the action to take if flooding occurs
This Marine Information Note briefly outlines some of the features and benefits of the Wellbeing at Sea Tool and explains how to acquire the tool.
This instrument establishes UK conformity assessment procedures for marine equipment to be placed on board UK ships providing for the application and enforcement of relevant international standards.
Revised IMO performance standards affecting GMDSS radio communication equipment installed on or after 1/1/2024 have now been delayed until 1/1/2028.
Amendment 2 provides information on controlling risks in the workplace to the exposure of electromagnetic fields (EMFS).
This notice outlines the criteria under the Maritime Labour Convention for medical practitioners who are qualified to work as a ship’s doctor on a UK ship.
The written examination syllabuses for yacht Officers of the Watch.
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.
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