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Use a standard shipping note for shipping non-dangerous goods overseas by either air or water.
Complete form MSF 4257, for an oral examination leading to the issue of a certificate of competency (STCW) for master workboat less than 500 GT unlimited.
Complete MSF 4753, to apply to the alternative compliance safety system (ACSS) or the enhanced authorisation safety system (EASS), for owners of UK registered vessels.
MSF 4258 provides an alternative route for the revalidation of a certificate of competency.
Complete this form to let the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) know when you have recovered any wreck material.
MSF 4807: Applying Form for a VTS operator logbook, VTS Licence endorsement or VTS Licence revalidation.
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Complete form MSF 4380, to apply for a certificate of competency, for a compass adjuster.
This form is for persons affected by a ship's specification or designation to request a review
Martime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) form for naval architects' use.
Use form C95 to declare a ship's stores.
Complete form MSF 4736 to notify the Register of Shipping and Seamen (RSS) about a mortgage deed when registering a ship.
MSF 4284 the requirements to gain an able seafarer engine certificate regulation III/5 are detailed in this application form.
Form to be completed providing new Company Security Officers (CSO) contact details or notifying us of any change of details
Complete MSF 3917 to apply for a Long Range Certificate (LRC).
Use form C98 to record the passengers on your voyage.
Complete MSF 3914 for a safe manning document for UK registered workboats and/or high speed offshore service crafts.
Complete form MSF 4741 to register changes to your ship's name or port of choice.
Complete form MSF 4756 to allow the vessel to be registered elsewhere, with the UK remaining as the primary register
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