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Safety codes of practice for small (up to 24m) vessels
Construction - fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction
Steps and requirements on how to register a fishing vessel
This MGN provides best practice marine guidance to facilitate safe and environmentally friendly battery solutions for vessels utilising lithium-ion batteries.
Fee list for registration costs
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
Crew accommodation standards as a substantial equivalence to MLC standard A3.1 for new UK vessels under 200GT, ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
Codes of Practice detail the regular maintenance requirements of safety equipment and systems to a high standard, as is required to maintain fishing certificates.
Online proforma registration and guidance for owners, operators and bareboat charterers registering merchant vessels under the UK flag.
Guidance to the crew for the safe use of fixed CO2 gas fire extinguishing systems.
Guidance on the recommended installation of radar reflectors on vessels less than 15m in overall length. Containing an explanation of the ISO 8729 standards.
Advice about regulations applying to pleasure (sport or recreational) craft.
Instructions for guidance of surveyors.
Leaflet explaining the differences between alerting technology and location technology.
This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels
Instructions for guidance to surveyors, on maritime and caastguard Agency (MCA) construction standards and policies.
Amends MSN 1699(M) to implement amendments to the technical requirements, in relation to stability and Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) requirements.
A code of practice that's voluntary for boats which are less than 15 metres in length, and required for HMCG declared facilities.
Maintenance intervals of portable fire extinguishers.
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