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Amendment 1 advises on risk assessment, for operators of UK passenger ferries and high speed passenger craft to determine whether to carry defibrillators.
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.
Guidance on compatibility issues concerning the joint use of immersion suits and lifejackets.
Guidance on the use of barbecues and pig roasts on ships and fishing vessels, corrects information from MGN 406.
Guidance on safe operation of fishing vessels engaged in trawling and twin beam trawling, including scallop dredging with derricks or booms.
This notice provides guidance to all who have an interest in small commercial vessels including rescue boats with an intention to operate abroad in non-UK waters.
Revision of sections of the small commercial vessel code of practice.
For many ships operating offshore, the full extent contained within IMO regulations may be partially exempted and/or equivalent standards.
Notice to all shipowners, ship operators and managers, masters, officers and crew of merchant ships, authorised service personnel and recognised organisations.
Guidance on changes made in the ITU Radio Regulations affecting VHF communications and equipment.
Amendment 1 outlines the circumstances to repatriate fishermen and the provisions, including the fishermen’s relief and maintenance, whilst awaiting and during repatriation.
Details on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints, made to the MCA, relating to the work in fishing convention 2007 (ILO 188).
Amendment 1provides information on the cause and prevention of infectious disease at sea.
Advises on the guidelines and specifications of hyperbaric evacuation systems to be provided for the evacuation of divers in saturation.
Amendment to MGN 83a.
This notice provides guidance on how to reduce the risk of flooding and the action to take if flooding occurs
Information about why MCA has withdrawn the general exemption to carry lifejackets on class V vessels on inland lakes.
Information regarding the arrangements for applying the grandfathering arrangements in SOLAS XV/3.2 and 3.3 for the period 1 July 2024 to the date of first survey.
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