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Concerns the carriage of emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs), liferafts and float free arrangements for fishing vessels.
The requirement is to provide a means of escape from enclosed spaces when other escape arrangements can not be used.
Recommendations for voluntary short course appropriate to the manning and trading patterns of small vessels.
About issuing certificates of service to eligible deck and marine engineer officers, under the terms given in the regulations.
Advice, rules and regulations about installing oil-fired appliances on board ship.
Information and syllabi for engineering fishing officers to apply for certification.
A description of how the UK meets its obligations under the European flag state directive 2009/21/EC.
Safety code for passenger ships operating solely in UK categorised waters.
Detailing the requirements for emergency communications equipment and alarms.
Guidance on helicopter landing areas fitted on roll-on and roll-off ships of 130 metres and more in length, built on or after 1 July 1999.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2022.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2020.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using lithium-ion.
Guide for shipping lines, their agents and ports to complete statistical returns on maritime freight traffic through ports.
Download warning information signs from the 'Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) for Merchant Seamen'.
Iteration 2: Public engagement on draft visions and options for marine planning in the north east, north west, south east and south west
A list of responsibilities for surveying yachts under MCA's large yacht code (LY3).
Seismic streamers that are being towed represent a potential hazard to navigation and should be marked with tail buoys.
Merchant navy deck officer CoC's are limited to service on vessels measured in gross tonnage (GT) rather than gross registered tons (DRT).
Amendment to marine guidance note 12 relating to fishing vessels operating in submarine exercise areas.
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