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Guidance on the securing, stowage and launching of liferafts, and the fitting of the most common types of hydrostatic release units.
Guidance on the recommended installation of radar reflectors on vessels less than 15m in overall length. Containing an explanation of the ISO 8729 standards.
Information on how the UKHO will issue future changes to routeing measures in electronic navigational charts.
This MGN alerts owners, operators, managers, seafarers and fishermen to the dangers associated with the use of barbecues and similar equipment on board vessels.
Highlights conflict between safety and security with regards to means of escape and provides advice on the methods to overcome the conflict.
Provides links to websites containing information countering piracy, armed robbery and other acts of violence against merchant shipping
Guidance on identifying and dealing with overweight lifeboats and rescue boats.
MOU between the MCA, the HSE and the MAIB for health and safety enforcement activities and accident investigation at the water margin and offshore.
Describes measures implemented by the royal navy to minimise the risk to fishing vessels in submarine exercise areas.
Updated guidance on the above regulations following the implementation of new SOLAS Chapter XV and the mandatory application of the SPS Code 1983 and 2008.
Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) - amendment to MARPOL Annex I to implement regulation 43A Special Requirements for the Use and Carriage of Oils as Fuel in Arctic Waters.
Amendment 5 contains guidance on the factors affecting the risks of manual handling, with particular reference to work on board ships.
This note provides guidance to owners, operators and seafarers on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints made to the MCA relating to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC).
Requirement to maintain compulsory insurance against liability for bunker oil pollution damage and information on the limits of liability.
For guidance on how to comply with the audit and self-assessment requirements of safety management code for domestic passenger ships as set out in the amended MSN 1869(M).
Amendment 2 provides information on controlling risks in the workplace to the exposure of electromagnetic fields (EMFS).
Guidance on changes made in the ITU Radio Regulations affecting VHF communications and equipment.
This MGN annexes a revision of the Code of Practice ‘Roll-on/Roll-off Ships – Stowage and Securing of Vehicles’
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2021.
The oral examination syllabus for Master - Unlimited Tonnage - Near Coastal (STCW II/2), previously known as Deck Syllabus G.
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