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Download 'exit' safe procedure action signs from the 'Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) for Merchant Seamen'.
Apply for funding to improve the accessibility of ferry operations on the Isle of Wight and the Isles of Scilly.
MCA advice leaflet for the marking of fishing gear
Download 'first aid' sign from the 'Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) for Merchant Seamen'.
Purpose of this notice is to give detailed information required to comply with the (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010 as amended.
Notice provides detailed information required to comply with the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2010.
Text of the SPS Code 1983
Workboat Code Edition 3 – Annex 3 The Safety of Police Boats sets out a standard for the construction, machinery, carriage of equipment, manning, survey and certification of Police Boats.
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in those Reg…
This MSN replaces MSN 1670 Amendment 1
This MSN replaces MSN 1668
Notification that the vocational qualification (VQ) route to certification is being introduced.
Advice on courses for training in basic sea survival techniques.
The requirement is to provide a means of escape from enclosed spaces when other escape arrangements can not be used.
This notice recommends that a master or chief mate of large ships have adequate experience in unusual maneuvering characteristics.
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
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.
The updated chapter 11 (registration) of 'instructions for the guidance of surveyors, measurement of british tonnage'.
Information for ship owners and operators about the types of hazards that need reporting.
Wellbeing principles specifically aimed at Emergency Response volunteers.
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