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Download 'exit' safe procedure action signs from the 'Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) for Merchant Seamen'.
A table of information which lists the changes made to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) mandatory provisions.
Estimated hours for approving stability information booklets.
Information about the MCA Regulatory Compliance Investigations Team, its operational procedures and action it can take for maritime legislation offences.
Recommended information for masters to assess vessel stability in any condition of loading.
Recommended operational information for masters to assess vessel stability.
Freeboard and stability information book for skippers.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency information about who can authorise stability approval.
Information and syllabi for engineering fishing officers to apply for certification.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2010.
Draft Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance (DMLC) guidance for ship owners under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006
Details of equipment servicing intervals for inflatable liferafts and their manufacturers.
The roles of the MCA, as Maritime Passenger Rights National Enforcement Body, and the voluntary UK Complaint Handling Bodies.
Details of emergency response planning for at-sea renewable energy installations.
Revision to the limits of liability (1992 Civil Liability Convention) and note to maintain compulsory insurance against pollution damage.
This notice gives information on amendments made to the international convention on load lines 1966
For many ships operating offshore, the full extent contained within IMO regulations may be partially exempted and/or equivalent standards.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in August 2014.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in September 2014.
Calculating the tonnage of multihull (under 24m) vessels in advance of the wider publication to Instructions to Surveyors.
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