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This guidance provides details on how to book a survey or inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different survey procedures.
Apply for your site to be approved to host heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 4 tests.
How to get your road safety product accredited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), how much it costs, eligibility, and how to apply.
This document sets out how the traffic commissioners will handle complaints.
Rules on certificates you need to provide and details you need to record when selling small trailers and larger trailers that are exempt from annual testing.
Local transport note about design issues for signal controlled roundabouts.
This document outlines the changes to severity recording in some police forces from 2016 and method used to adjust for this in the reported road casualty statistics.
Extended dry-docking allows vessels to be inspected out of the water at 7.5 years intervals, rather than 2 inspections in 5 years (no more than 36-month intervals), subject to eligibility.
MGN 70 (M) Amendment 1 includes a new reporting procedure for UK-flagged vessels coming to the UK, non UK-flagged vessels in UK waters and UK port facilities discovering a stowaway incident.
MGN to publish latest amendments that have, or are due to, enter into force in 2026, including SEEMP updates, IGF Code updates and Nox Technical Code Updates.
Information regarding the latest edition of the Ship Captain’s Medical Guide (SCMG), and a summary of the changes from the previous version.
The standard code of practice for the safety of large commercial yachts under 300 GT (gross tonnage).
Instructions regarding safety management of domestic passenger ships
List of contact details for fuel oil suppliers who are registered as compliant with MARPOL annex VI.
Explains how the Department for Transport calculates the red, amber, green ratings for local road maintenance.
How to conduct a risk assessment before using an electronic chart system in raster chart display system (RCDS) mode for primary navigation.
This notice lists merchant shipping notices and marine guidance notes which provide standards or guidance for implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
Shipowners requirements to provide seafarers with medical care on board ship.
This MGN gives information on statutory duties under UK and international shipping legislation on the causes of fatigue and guidance on fatigue management good practice.
Conditions for entering the alternative compliance safety system where safety equipment surveys are undertaken by UK authorised recognised organisations.
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