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Requirements where recruitment and placement services are used to engage crew. It is the fishing vessel owner's responsibility to use only reputable (RPSs).
Describes the Master’s responsibilities in relation to emergency information and arrangements on Classes III to VI(A) passenger ships and directs the reader to relevant legislation.
This Marine Guidance Note provides clarification concerning the applicable engine standards for vessels operating on inland waterways.
Guidance concerning the choice of an alternative engine in the event the owner or operator is not able to purchase an IMO MARPOL Annex VI tier III standard engine.
Amendment 1provides information on the cause and prevention of infectious disease at sea.
The purpose of this MGN is to publish the UK list of approved ship recycling facilities as required by the UK ship recycling regulations and referred to in Section 6 of MGN 633 Amendment 1
Requirements for the protection of seafarers, fishermen and workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work.
This notice provides guidelines for the Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024. It covers the process for obtaining ship, Company and Registered Owner IMO numbers and explains the …
This Note provides advice about the subdivision and damage stability requirements for cargo ships using the probabilistic method, the categories of ship to which those requirements apply and the formulae to be used for calcu…
Overview of technical and operational measures to reduce GHG emissions from ships introduced through amendments to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention.
Guidance for carrying military explosives, stating when a Government Authorised Explosives Representative is required, supplements the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.
This MIN alerts some seafarers to the requirement for them to undertake an online assessment for the STCW short courses they completed towards the issue of a UK Certificate of Competency (CoC).
This MIN notes the Certificates of Competency (CoCs) and the endorsements on CoC’s (as listed in the Annex) which are suspended as of 00:01 GMT Monday 6 January 2020.
This MIN provides the criteria to be met for Aviation Inspection Bodies (AIBs) to be approved as a recognised AIB by the MCA for the purpose of issuing Helicopter Landing Area Certificates (HLACs).
This guidance note identifies the standards of VTS Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) recognised by the United Kingdom Competent Authority.
This Marine Information Note is to highlight that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recently adopted voluntary guidelines relating to biofouling and underwater noise.
Telephone numbers for regional marine offices and some national services are changing.
Amendments to the International Grain Code, the ICG Code and MARPOL Protocol 1, which come into force on 1 January 2026, and IMSBC Code amendment 08-25 which can be used from 1 January 2026
This note describes the initial implementation by the MCA of electronic certificates and the means by which their validity may be verified.
This notice sets out the upcoming SOLAS chapter V (Regulation 31 and 32) amendments which will come into force in Jan 2026 about the reporting of container loss at sea
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