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How to account for VAT if you supply caravans and houseboats, or you're a caravan site operator, or you provide mooring facilities for houseboats.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
All ships must carry certain emergency and life-saving equipment. This…
Merchant ships You can find information on the life-saving appliances that…
Ships must carry certain fire-fighting equipment on board. Download ‘MSN…
All emergency life-saving equipment must be safe to use, and you must make…
Life-saving appliance testing Some life-saving equipment must be serviced…
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Clear warning to unregistered boat owners on the Thames as owners failed to register their boats despite warnings. More to face court in coming months
Over £55,000 to be paid by 40 boat owners prosecuted this autumn/winter. 26 further Thames boat owners failed to register their vessels despite warnings
Alicat Workboats will export two boats to Turkey after securing support from UK Export Finance and Virgin Money.
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