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Draft regulations to implement fire protection.
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.
This safety bulletin is a notification of deficient equipment.
Amendment 1 outlines information about the safety and duty of care for people on a vessel who are not employed by the ship owner.
How owners and operators of UK registered ships comply with the requirements of Part 7 of the MS MLC, minimum requirements for seafarers, regulations 2014.
This additional guidance is provided in response to queries on the application of the code of practice for the safety of small fishing vessels of less than 15m length overall.
This notice outlines information on Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) requirements and certification for seafarers affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2020.
Relates to Open Reversible Liferafts (ORLs) and UK certification of such liferafts for over capacity as well as the UK servicing exemption.
Products with JRC Global Positioning System (GPS) chips for position or UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), may produce an error on May 15th 2022.
Key regulations on tonnage measurement, weighing, safe loading, unloading and carriage of cargo, and passenger and personnel safety issues for ships.
Further information on the merchant shipping (compulsory insurance: ships receiving trans-shipped fish) regulations 1998.
The requirement is to provide a means of escape from enclosed spaces when other escape arrangements can not be used.
About the importance of carefully checking the alignment of cylinders at regular intervals, between normal surveys or inspections.
A warning on the potential hazards of arc flash, and guidance on safety measures.
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