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Guide to help traders of large oak trees meet the management policy changes that came into force on 24 May 2023.
Offers certain Class VI passenger vessels an alternative arrangement for the carriage of man-overboard smoke signals and parachute flares.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2019.
The requirement is to provide a means of escape from enclosed spaces when other escape arrangements can not be used.
Guidance on stowage positions and other measures that will significantly reduce the possibility of a liferaft or an EPIRB becoming trapped.
Notification that the vocational qualification (VQ) route to certification is being introduced.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Annex 1 to marine guidance notice 272 contains a voyage data recorder performance test certification.
Advice on the selection of fire detection and alarm equipment - need for automatic fire detection in enclosed spaces on 15m to 24m vessels
This notice advises all shipowners, shipbuilders, ship repairers, ship masters, certifying authorities and surveyors of the new 1998 Passenger Ship Construction Regulations.
Guidance that meets article 4 (2) of directive 98/18/EC as amended.
Outlines compliance with the international maritime dangerous goods code when transporting limited quantities of retail goods on ferries.
Guidance on the requirements for the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to vibrations at work.
Amendment 2 outlines guidance on the requirements for the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to vibration at work.
Guidelines about avoiding the use of photochromic lenses and allowing time for dark adaptation when undertaking lookouts at night.
Training in the maintenance of electronic navigational and communication equipment on merchant ships.
Guidance regarding the use of operating instructions and signage for fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems.
This MSN implements the legislative background of the 2019 and 2024 versions of the REG Yacht Code Part A
Guidance on mitigating, where there is risk of injury, from the effects and impacts of whole-body vibration on small vessels.
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