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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.
Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
Super priority visa service information for human rights claims, leave outside the rules and private life applications made in the UK.
MAIB statement on investigation closure.
Apply to extend your Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1), bring your family.
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
Information about the special training required by ratings and officers who work on tankers, passenger ships and high-speed craft
The UK Carrier Strike Group has led a major British contribution to the large multinational exercise in Australia.
Find out the 'place of supply' rules for passenger transport and the VAT zero rating of public passenger transport if you supply it in the UK.
A new 130% first-year capital allowance for qualifying plant and machinery assets; and a 50% first-year allowance for qualifying special rate assets.
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