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Maritime health seminar presentations held during 2022.
Information outlining the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), amendments 2022 and proposals for implementation into UK legislation with guidance to industry.
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) services using 2-way narrow-band direct-printing (2W-NBDP) for distress and safety communications in the high frequency (HF) band will cease at midnight on 31 December 2…
This treaty was presented to Parliament in November 2023.
Amendment 1 advises seafarers on the Dreadnought Medical Service at Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Alerts industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
Draft regulations to implement international safety requirements for bulk carriers.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency answers the questions we've received about how to get a certificate of medical fitness, and why it's important.
The 2014 MLC regulations form part of the UK's approach to ensuring the safety and protection of seafarers on UK flagged vessels and foreign flagged vessels whilst in the UK.
Technical provisions that have been accepted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the European Commission
Amendment 1 outlines details on how the exposure to radiation can take many forms and can cause varying degrees of harm.
This MSN replaces MSN 1667
If a fisherman requires medical care while working on a fishing vessel they must receive this free of charge and costs rest with the fishing vessel owner.
Alert industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
Leaflet explaining the differences between alerting technology and location technology.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 2022.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2020.
Stand-alone Furuno GPS receivers and equipment using Furuno GPS chips, could produce data that is 19.7 years in the past, therefore generating errors in both the GPS position and date (19th May 2002).
Format of Certificates Associated with the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
The report provides industry with current emerging trends in PMSC compliance, with examples of enhancements and good practices that have been observed whilst conducting health checks during 2018.
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