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Safety code for harbour authorities with statutory powers and duties in the UK.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency installation and testing requirements for new Fixed Aerosol Fire Extinguishing Systems & UK Approved Bodies permitted to approve such testing
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Safety codes of practice for small (up to 24m) vessels
Your rights as a passenger when travelling by sea and inland waterway.
Marine Guidance Note (MGN) 564 describes how marine casualties and marine incidents should be reported to MAIB. This notice replaces MGN 458.
The UK marine equipment approval database is a list of marine equipment which has been granted UK conformity assessment.
Text of the SPS code 1983
This guide supplements the Port Marine Safety Code and contains guidance on issues relevant to the management of ports and other marine facilities.
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.
This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides information and outlines the updated Oral exam syllabus, for Merchant Navy deck officers.
Details on the requirements for seafarers and fishermen to be given a written record of their work, titled as a certificate of discharge.
This statutory Merchant Shipping Notice sets out the categorisations of waters in the United Kingdom.
Updated guidance on the above regulations following amendments by the IMO to the requirements regarding Lifting appliances that have been introduced via ambulatory reference.
Contact details for the Seafarer Operations team – formerly Seafarer Training and Certification – including email and phone numbers for training, certification and boatmaster enquiries.
Information on how to find MCA approved courses, how to become a MCA approved training provider, common queries and the types of complaints we can investigate.
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
This MSN provides the technical requirements of the obligations contained in the merchant shipping (control and management of ships’ ballast water and sediments) regulations 2022 (SI 2022/737)
This MIN outlines further guidance on the alternative certificate structure for engineers working on small vessels.
This MSN outlines the requirements for the implementation of training elements under chapter VI of STCW code for merchant navy seafarers in the UK.
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