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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…
Deputy Ambassador James Ford condemns Russia’s mass strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during severe winter temperatures. These actions show Russia is choosing destruction over peace. The UK also urges Russia to release detained OSCE staff members.
What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.
How marketing authorisation holders should inform MHRA of a signal or an ADR to a medicine.
Critical services will be better safeguarded, thanks to £155 million government investment to boost national security and deliver national renewal.
Light signals used to control traffic, including traffic light signals, flashing red lights, motorway signals and lane control signals.
Rules for using the road, including general rules, overtaking, road junctions, roundabouts, pedestrian crossings and reversing.
Two trains in the same signal section at South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 26 October 2022.
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