Guidance and regulation

Safety codes of practice for small (up to 24m) vessels

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 24 February 2021

Construction - fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 15 September 2015

Amends MSN 1699(M) to implement amendments to the technical requirements, in relation to stability and Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) requirements.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 8 December 2022

• MSN 1699(M) Amendment 3 The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998

  Summary This Notice makes changes to MSN 1699(M) (as amended) to implement…

• Technical Annex - List of Schedules

  List of Schedules Schedule 1: Intact Stability Standard Schedule 2:…

This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 30 October 2023

The safety requirements for systems and equipment that move and control vessels, and make vessels usable for crew, passengers and cargo.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 8 October 2012

Instructions for guidance to surveyors, on maritime and caastguard Agency (MCA) construction standards and policies.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 17 April 2014

The merchant shipping regulations 1998 for construction of passenger ships classes III to VI(A).

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 9 July 2019

Construction, radio and marine equipment standards for merchant ships and special shipping.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 18 September 2012

Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 13 June 2013

This code shall be applied as a complete set of comprehensive requirements

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 17 April 2014

Leaflet explaining the differences between alerting technology and location technology.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 28 July 2017

Code of practice for the construction, machinery, equipment, survey and manning of police boats.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 4 November 2019

Guide for owners and naval architects on how and where to submit ship stability information for Martime and Coastguard Agency authorisation.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2014

Details the research undertaken and the procedures to be followed to demonstrate the fire protection standards for non-steel constructions.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 28 March 2013

UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 20 September 2023

Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 17 March 2023

The standard code of practice for the safety of large commercial yachts under 300 GT (gross tonnage).

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 17 April 2014

Large Commercial Yacht Code requirements: construction, maintenance, operation, and responsibilities for surveying and certifying of large commercial yachts.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 8 October 2012

The code of safe practice for large commercial yachts.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 16 December 2022

Amendment 3 provides a standard for the construction, machinery, carriage of equipment, manning, survey and certification of Police Boats.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 14 August 2014