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A guide from RoSPA on managing beach safety.
Operational codes of practice, construction and maintenance standards for cargo or passenger high-speed craft and Ro-Ro.
There have been several recent incidents where failing to keep a proper lookout and poor navigational watchkeeping practices have led to collisions and groundings involving fatalities, and serious injuries.
Details on the requirements for seafarers and fishermen to be given a written record of their work, titled as a certificate of discharge.
Advises of possibility of premature pipe failure due to fatigue when pipes are incorrectly mounted, or subjected to in service vibration.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Amendment 2 advises on risk assessment, for operators of UK passenger ferries and high speed passenger craft to determine whether to carry defibrillators.
Amendment 1 outlines details on how the exposure to radiation can take many forms and can cause varying degrees of harm.
Describing the arrangement for the voluntary towage endorsement scheme; outlining competence standards and necessary knowledge.
Information on the application of the requirement for a seafarer employment agreement to trainees engaged through an approved training provider on a UK ship.
Amendment 2 outlines guidance on the requirements for the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to vibration at work.
Recommended standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Revision of sections of the small commercial vessel code of practice.
This MGN provides guidance on MSN 1902 and MSN 1903.
For many ships operating offshore, the full extent contained within IMO regulations may be partially exempted and/or equivalent standards.
Applicable to davit launched lifeboats fitted with on-load release hooks, and any similar on-load release systems if fitted to rescue boats
MCA interpretation for SOLAS Chapter III rotational deployments of MES, roles different parties should play and pass criteria for deployment
The provision of safety information and for owners and operators to ensure adequate measures are taken to inform passengers in an emergency.
About amendments to the merchant shipping (fire protection: large ships) and (fire protection: small ships) regulations 1998.
Detailing the requirements for emergency communications equipment and alarms.
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