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Guidance on the Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998, amended by the Merchant Shipping (Load Line) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
Recasting the Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations to reflect up to date requirements as contained in the International Load Line Convention 1966 (ILLC) and Protocol 1998 (ILLP)
How Standard Shipping Notes, Dangerous Goods Notes and Export Cargo Shipping Instructions work, and where you can get them from.
International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
Corrects an error in the title of paragraph 16, page 10 of MSN 1752 and replaces the page.
Guidance and clarification on the Merchant Shipping International Load Line Convention (Amendment) regulations 2018
Use the ESDAL system to plot your route when transporting abnormal loads
Stability information guidance and standard example for booklet.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
How to account for VAT on services when a vehicle, ship or aircraft is provided, together with a driver or crew for the transport of goods.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
These regulations implement amendments to Chapter II-1 of the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, aligning with international rules.
Key regulations on tonnage measurement, weighing, safe loading, unloading and carriage of cargo, and passenger and personnel safety issues for ships.
What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.
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