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This bulletin urges prospective customers intending to stay on liveaboard vessels to book through reputable vendors only.
General safety regulations for lifesaving appliances (LSA) and safety equipment on fishing vessels
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Details of moorings, bridge heights, locks and facilities for boaters on Anglian waterways.
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