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This note reminds designers, builders, owners and skippers of fishing vessels that modifications to vessels must be approved by the MCA prior to work taking place.
This general exemption remedies an administrative irregularity concerning workboats built before 21 July 1968 and are 24 metres or more in length and less than 150 gross tons.
Amendment 2 clarifies the provisions within the notice for shipowners and adds a section on qualifications for seafarers holding Russian certificates of competency.
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.
Revised IMO performance standards affecting GMDSS radio communication equipment installed on or after 1/1/2024 have now been delayed until 1/1/2028.
Information regarding VHF channels for the Kieldrecht lock at the port of Antwerp or the new lock at the port of Terneuzen, alongside the Scheldt River.
Legal requirements for mini scooters powered by motors and the rules about riding them on public roads.
Guidance for defining which closures on the passenger railway network are eligible to be treated as a minor modification.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in September 2018.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors on intact stability IMO 2008 is code and explanatory notes
This notice explains amendments to schedules in MSN 1671.
Amending the previous MSN 1671.
The updated chapter 11 (registration) of 'instructions for the guidance of surveyors, measurement of british tonnage'.
The annex to this amending notice revokes and replaces section 1 of schedule 2 of MSN 1699.
About amendments to the merchant shipping (fire protection: large ships) and (fire protection: small ships) regulations 1998.
Guidance on helicopter landing areas fitted on roll-on and roll-off ships of 130 metres and more in length, built on or after 1 July 1999.
Amendment 2 contains information on the application of the Merchant Shipping (Diving Safety) Regulations 2002.
About the safety requirements for people of reduced mobility on domestic passenger ships.
This MSN updates previous versions of MSN 1794(M) outlining the obligations on passenger ships operators to report persons data at the start of a voyage.
Making sure fishing vessels radio equipment is able to perform all the functions of the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS).
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