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This guidance provides details on how to book an inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different inspection procedures.
This MSN outlines the training and certification requirements for personnel on tankers, ships subject to the IGF Code, ships that operate in polar waters and passenger ships.
Guidance for applying for a Engineer Yacht CoC.
How to find MCA approved training providers for long courses.
This page details the Maritime & Coastguard Agency's fees for a range of maritime services.
For the guidance of surveyors auditing safety management systems both at sea and ashore
What kinds of vessels get expanded inspections by the MCA, what happens during the inspections, notice, and where you can find more advice.
Amendment 1 updates information explaining the UK’s understanding of specific terms used in the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC).
This MIN provides information on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) online oral examination booking process, online oral examinations and the application process for a Notice of Eligibility (NOE). This MIN also d…
This MSN outlines the examination and training requirements for the certification of radio personnel onboard merchant vessels.
The safety of small workboats and pilot boats - a code of practice
This MGN provides guidance and best practice advice for pleasure vessels, and general exemptions for Class XII vessels.
Advice for British people on staying safe when travelling abroad by sea, including piracy, armed robbery and security risks in particular regions.
Provides Mariners with guidance on the application of COLREG within traffic separation schemes within UK waters and navigational information, include mandatory reporting guidance within the Dover Strait.
This MGN provides guidance on certain aspects of the merchant shipping (control and management of ships’ ballast water and sediments) regulations 2022 (SI 2022/737).
How to get statutory safety training and the certificates of competency you will need to work in the fishing industry.
Clarifies requirements introduced by the Regulations, colloquially known as the “Grandfather rights” Regulations. Amendment 2 clarifies some requirements in section 2
The General Exemption for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) of Less than 2.5 metres in length overall ensures that eligible vessels have an available proportional pathway to enable operation.
For the guidance of surveyors in surveying fire protection arrangements to ensure compliance with requirements covering merchant ships
The purpose of this MIN is to provide contact details of MCA authorised certifying authorities.
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