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An information sheet for middle to senior management who want to establish and support an effective safety culture.
Guide to help you prepare and present your vessel properly for survey and inspection.
Support for maritime training (SMarT) funding is available for merchant navy training until March 2024.
Export licensing requirements for storing firearms on a vessel-based armoury (VBA) in the high-risk area (HRA) of the Indian Ocean.
The use of mobile phones at inappropriate times is distracting bridge management teams from their primary duties of navigating and conning their vessel.
Maximum continuous engine power is the total power that can be obtained at the flywheel of each engine used to propel the vessel.
Provides guidance for the safety requirements for non-passenger vessels operating only on UK inland waters.
Fishermen working on a fishing vessel engaged in commercial operations, must have a fisherman’s work agreement (FWA), setting out their terms and conditions.
Notice provides guidance on the safe installation, inspection, maintenance and use of anchoring, mooring, towing and hauling equipment.
Crew accommodation standards as a substantial equivalence to MLC standard A3.1 for new UK vessels under 200GT, ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.
This MIN is intended to supplement The Sport or Pleasure Vessel Code and provides a summary of standards referenced therein and guidelines considered as best practice for Small Commercial Vessels
Safety code for passenger ships operating solely within UK categorised waters.
This MSN imposes obligations concerning crew accommodation on UK ships, and non-UK ships without Maritime Labour Convention certificates in UK waters.
MSN provides important information on the UK’s implementation of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments 2004, which aims to address the spread of invasive non-native…
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) need to provide to comply with licence conditions.
Designated trial areas for prototype vessels using innovative technology.
Information on licensing needed for private maritime security companies (PMSC's) to provide maritime anti-piracy services in the ‘high risk area’ (HRA).
A code of practice that's voluntary for boats which are less than 15 metres in length, and required for HMCG declared facilities.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Good governance guidance for statutory harbour authorities operating ports in England and Wales.
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