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This guidance provides details on how to book a survey or inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different survey procedures.
Forms and guidance for initial application and revalidation for Vessel Traffic ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôº (VTS) operator logbooks and supervisor or instructor endorsements.
Documents on meeting the maritime passenger rights regulation, including staff training, disability needs, compensation and scope.
Updated instructions for the guidance of surveyors, applied to craft built on or after 1 July 2008.
Guidance on the securing, stowage and launching of liferafts, and the fitting of the most common types of hydrostatic release units.
Details the research undertaken and the procedures to be followed to demonstrate the fire protection standards for non-steel constructions.
Amendment 2 includes the 2014 Amendments to the MLC which came into force internationally in January 2017.
These regulations are amended by the 2015 regulations to place a duty on shipowners to ensure there are sufficient copies of the code available on a ship so that is accessible to all seafarers.
This MGN provides guidance and clarification for aspects of MARPOL Annex V, polar code and merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621).
The UK Beacon Registry has created an online portal for registration of EPIRBs and 406 MHz PLBs which is now live and very user friendly. Offline registration is still available.
Clarifies the training required for Masters and Deck Officers of UK registered vessels which have ECDIS as their primary means of navigation
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will assume direct responsibility for approving training programs for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and Radio Certification. Currently, this responsibility li…
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors on damage stability SOLAS 2020 amendments with explanatory notes
The standard code of practice for the safety of large commercial yachts under 300 GT (gross tonnage).
Details of emergency response planning for at-sea renewable energy installations.
Information about safety requirements for registering small fishing vessels.
Information and links to documents referenced in MGN 534
Industry working group technical standard - A Code of Practice (CoP) for small workboats in commercial use to sea and all pilot boats.
Guidance on the transport of dangerous goods when carried in a private vehicle, or by a foot passenger on a Ro-Ro ship.
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