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The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) services using 2-way narrow-band direct-printing (2W-NBDP) for distress and safety communications in the high frequency (HF) band will cease at midnight on 31 December 2…
A best practice guide for operators of small passenger boats on inland waters.
Domestic Safety Management code (DSM) (MSIS 29) for the safe operation of ships and for pollution prevention.
This MIN provides information on the safety climate tool created collaboratively between the MCA and the HSE to help improve the organisation’s safety culture.
This MIN is about the examination and inspection of mast and spars.
Guidance on safe operation of fishing vessels engaged in trawling and twin beam trawling, including scallop dredging with derricks or booms.
Guidance on compatibility issues concerning the joint use of immersion suits and lifejackets.
Amendment 1 advises seafarers on the Dreadnought Medical Service at Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Amendment 1 outlines information about the safety and duty of care for people on a vessel who are not employed by the ship owner.
Details on the requirements for seafarers and fishermen to be given a written record of their work, titled as a certificate of discharge.
High-speed craft are known to suffer some degree of difficulty in following and quartering seas, including behaviour surfing, bow diving and broaching.
MCA policy statement on the development of standards in new safety regulations, new and existing ships, following Thames safety inquiry.
Council directive 2013/59 euratom laying down basic safety standards for the protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation.
Advises on the guidelines and specifications of hyperbaric evacuation systems to be provided for the evacuation of divers in saturation.
Guidance for carrying military explosives, stating when a Government Authorised Explosives Representative is required, supplements the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.
This MGN provides guidance on the criteria for exempting unmanned non-self-propelled barges from some MARPOL Annex I and IV survey and certification requirements and how to apply.
This MGN provides guidance on the construction requirements in MSN 1900.
Outlines MCA Approval Procedures for fire retardant treatment of various items, covers and components onboard vessels certificated under the Large Commercial Yacht Code.
This notice outlines the requirements for health and safety signs and signals at work.
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