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Guidance on identifying and dealing with overweight lifeboats and rescue boats.
Amendment 2 is intended to provide guidance to fishing vessel owners, employers, skippers and share fishermen on the application of the LOLER and PUWER regulations 2006.
This notice should be read with MGN 538, MGN 571, MGN 587 and MGN 588 and replaces MGN 494.
This notice provides information relating to recruitment and placement under the 2006 regulations.
Applicable to davit launched lifeboats fitted with on-load release hooks, and any similar on-load release systems if fitted to rescue boats
Information on the application of the requirement for a seafarer employment agreement to trainees engaged through an approved training provider on a UK ship.
Highlights the dangers to passengers and crew of moving vehicles during operations on board roll-on and roll-off ships.
This Marine Guidance Note explains the Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022.
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…
The application of the merchant shipping (working time: inland waterways) regulations 2003 as amended
All fishing vessels must carry out regular drills and record these. Drills may differ depending on whether the vessel is single handed or not.
Practical advice on the provision of food and water for all fishing vessels.
Amendment 1 provisions for continuation of a seafarer's entitlements in relation to payment of wages, if held captive in the event of piracy or armed robbery.
Amendment 1provides information on the cause and prevention of infectious disease at sea.
Leaflet explaining the differences between alerting technology and location technology.
This notice outlines the criteria under the Maritime Labour Convention for medical practitioners who are qualified to work as a ship’s doctor on a UK ship.
Provision of facilities for emergency helicopter operations on sea-going ships which do not have a helideck & emergency contingency plans.
Details on the requirements for seafarers and fishermen to be given a written record of their work, titled as a certificate of discharge.
Notice on the current alcohol limits for seafarers set by the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention, 1978 as amended (STCW) and applies to all seafarers.
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