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Guidance on high speed craft training - course approval and certification
Describes measures implemented by the royal navy to minimise the risk to fishing vessels in submarine exercise areas.
Gives a summary of SOLAS chapter 5 regulations, and how they apply to fishing vessels registered in the UK.
Guidance note recommending a common format for stability information booklets for use on board fishing vessels.
Potential effects on performance of prescription and or over the counter drugs.
Information on the safe operation of power operated watertight doors and references to additional information.
Guidelines about avoiding the use of photochromic lenses and allowing time for dark adaptation when undertaking lookouts at night.
Maritime Safety Information (MSI) is defined in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, Chapter IV as “navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety related messages broadca…
Survey and certification requirements with reference to air pollution from ships and clarification of the term important repair.
This MGN provides guidance on the SOx requirements under the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships Regulations, as amended for ships in UK ports, with regards to fuel changeover and “hotelling”.
Guidance on mitigating, where there is risk of injury, from the effects and impacts of whole-body vibration on small vessels.
This note sets out the procedure for conformity assessment bodies (CABs) to follow in seeking designation as a UK approved body under the merchant shipping (marine equipment) regulations 2025
This notice outlines the requirements for health and safety signs and signals at work.
This Notice provides information on assessing and mitigating risks when writing a risk assessment for the wearing of Personal Flotation Devices.
Amendment 3 provides guidance on the arrangements in place for inspection for Maritime Labour Convention compliance.
Substantially equivalent accommodation standards agreed by UK tripartite working group for new vessels of 200GT to less than 500GT.
Notice to all Shipowners, Agents, Recognised Organisation, Certifying Authorities, Builders, Masters, Skippers and Officers. This notice replaces MGN 392(M+F)
MCA Exemption for Seagoing Domestic Passenger Vessels of less than 24m in length complying to EU Directive 2009/45/EC, and allows alternative application of safety standards as of the 21st December 2019.
This MGN provides guidance and clarification for aspects of MARPOL Annex V, polar code and merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621).
Clarifying aspects of SOLAS Chapter IV requirements that need further explanation.
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