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Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
A collection of active merchant shipping notices, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
A collection of active MINs, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element
Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
This MSN provides the technical requirements of the obligations contained in the merchant shipping (control and management of ships’ ballast water and sediments) regulations 2022 (SI 2022/737)
Guidance on the 5 titles of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, and the regulations applying to UK ships under each one.
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