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Provides guidance to owners and crew to the inherent dangers on vessels not properly equipped for overnight sleeping on-board.
This MIN outlines the alternative route to have qualifications assessed by an MCA-approved nautical college for entry onto UK Engineering Officer of the Watch training programme.
Instructions regarding safety management of domestic passenger ships
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
Code applied on a voluntary basis to passenger ships carrying not more than 250 passengers
A report on the research to find a replacement for the Holmes Wright B (HWB) lantern test carried out on behalf of the MCA.
This Marine Guidance Note (MGN) highlights the issues to be considered when planning and undertaking voyages in the vicinity of offshore renewable energy installations (OREIs) in UK waters.
Revised arrangements of the government’s financial support scheme for merchant navy training, (SMarT), from 1 August 2012 to 31 March 2015.
Provides guidance on the application of SOLAS Chapter VI in the UK and on UK ships, to be read alongside the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2024.
The General Exemption for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) of Less than 2.5 metres in length overall ensures that eligible vessels have an available proportional pathway to enable operation.
Clarifies the training required for Masters and Deck Officers of UK registered vessels which have ECDIS as their primary means of navigation
The Department for Transport informs ship operators and verifiers to prepare for emissions data reporting compliance required under the legislation underpinning the UK MRV regime.
The merchant shipping regulations 1998 for construction of passenger ships classes III to VI(A).
This notice provides details of the search and rescue (SAR) co-operation plan requirements under the merchant shipping (safety of navigation) regulations 2002.
This MSN implements the legislative background of the 2019 and 2024 versions of the REG Yacht Code Part A
The Notice provides details of the medical certification exemption granted for existing fishers on vessels under 10m
The stability guidance booklets for masters and watch keepers for powered and sailing vessels
The Defence Maritime Regulator’s guide to regulation of Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS).
How wind farms and wave and tidal energy devices can endanger navigation, emergency response operations, marine radar and GPS communications.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
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