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Notice to all Shipowners, Operators, Managers, Masters, Officers and Crew.
This MIN provides information on the safety climate tool created collaboratively between the MCA and the HSE to help improve the organisation’s safety culture.
Introducing the wellbeing at sea tool designed as an evidence based approach for organisations to prioritise, develop and test wellbeing at sea.
This guidance note identifies the standards of VTS Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) recognised by the United Kingdom Competent Authority.
This notice advises what medical conditions are required to be reported on during the validity of an ENG1 medical certificate.
Information regarding VHF channels for the Kieldrecht lock at the port of Antwerp or the new lock at the port of Terneuzen, alongside the Scheldt River.
This Marine Information Note is to highlight that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recently adopted voluntary guidelines relating to biofouling and underwater noise.
This notice sets out the upcoming SOLAS chapter V (Regulation 31 and 32) amendments which will come into force in Jan 2026 about the reporting of container loss at sea
Advice, rules and regulations about installing oil-fired appliances on board ship.
Regulations for the safe operation of manned submersible craft operated commercially in United Kingdom waters.
Notification that the vocational qualification (VQ) route to certification is being introduced.
Guidance for complying with the merchant shipping (cargo ship construction) regulations 1997.
The serviceability and maintenance requirements of radio equipment under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
Making sure fishing vessels radio equipment is able to perform all the functions of the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS).
UK class III, VI and VI(A) steel or equivalent ships built before 1 July 1998 to phase-in requirements of Annex 1 council directive 98/18/EC
This Notice sets out the requirements for reporting occupational diseases, including COVID-19 to the MCA.
Technical provisions that have been accepted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the European Commission
This MSN implements the legislative background of the 2019 and 2024 versions of the REG Yacht Code Part A
Requirements for the safe use of pesticides in the cargo spaces of ships, in cargo and in cargo transport units in accordance with SOLAS Chapter VI regulation 4.
About the importance of carefully checking the alignment of cylinders at regular intervals, between normal surveys or inspections.
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