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This safety bulletin is a notification of deficient equipment.
Alerts industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
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.
Detailing the requirements for emergency communications equipment and alarms.
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.
About amendments to the merchant shipping (fire protection: large ships) and (fire protection: small ships) regulations 1998.
Further information on the merchant shipping (compulsory insurance: ships receiving trans-shipped fish) regulations 1998.
Regulations for the safe operation of manned submersible craft operated commercially in United Kingdom waters.
Highlights conflict between safety and security with regards to means of escape and provides advice on the methods to overcome the conflict.
Guidance on the use of barbecues and pig roasts on ships and fishing vessels, corrects information from MGN 406.
Recommeded standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Guidelines about the unit weight of passengers and vessels where certificates state a limiting number of passengers.
Reports the findings of a series of trials and evacuation exercises undertaken or witnessed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Statutory requirements for operators of passenger vessels to ensure that there are sufficient crew for the safe operation of the vessel.
Outlines a potential lifejacket safety issue and highlights the need for guidance on evacuating infants and people with disabilities.
Advises of possibility of premature pipe failure due to fatigue when pipes are incorrectly mounted, or subjected to in service vibration.
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