We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Research and development match-funding to support the design and development of near-commercial clean maritime solutions.
Information for a letter of initial assessment or college letter, so you can train for an engineer officer certificate of competence (CoC)
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Outlines the ship owner's procedures to comply with the maritime labour convention, 2006 - MSF 2401
Good governance guidance for statutory harbour authorities operating ports in England and Wales.
A list of medical referees who can carry out independent medical reviews where a seafarer asks for a review of the decision on their fitness for work.
The syllabuses for Large Yacht Helideck Safety Training are hosted on this page.
Highlights the dangers to passengers and crew of moving vehicles during operations on board roll-on and roll-off ships.
Provides links to websites containing information countering piracy, armed robbery and other acts of violence against merchant shipping
Revised arrangements of the government’s financial support scheme for merchant navy training, (SMarT), from 1 August 2012 to 31 March 2015.
This MGN replaces MGN 148(M) for ships and MGN 149(M) for yachts which are not subject to the Maritime Labour Convention.
This MGN gives information on statutory duties under UK and international shipping legislation on the causes of fatigue and guidance on fatigue management good practice.
MGN 637 provides further guidance on the safety, training and manning requirements of The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021
This notice provides details of the 2025 amendments to the code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (“the Code”, also “COSWP”).
This MSN replaces MSN 1666
Amendment 1 replaces schedule 3, Appendix 5 and Appendix 6 of the existing MSN 1819, bringing them in line with International and EU law.
Outlining detailed requirements about ship-to-ship transfers of a cargo made up entirely or mainly of oil.
This MSN imposes obligations concerning crew accommodation on UK ships, and non-UK ships without maritime labour convention certificates in UK waters.
How to comply with merchant shipping (Maritime Labour Convention)(survey and certification) regulations 2013.
This notice outlines the official reference standards to which PPE need to comply for working on board ships for specific work activities.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).