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Advice about regulations applying to pleasure (sport or recreational) craft.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
The safety requirements for systems and equipment that move and control vessels, and make vessels usable for crew, passengers and cargo.
Support for maritime training (SMarT) funding is available for merchant navy training until March 2024.
Looking into how some factors that can influence the performance of people on board can lead to more accidents as well as how to mitigate or control these factors.
Provides guidance for the safety requirements for non-passenger vessels operating only on UK inland waters.
Amendment 3 outlines provisions of The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 and their effect on the scope of the Merchant Shipping (Distress and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996.
How ship owners, brokers and operators can apply to MCA for passenger, bunker, tanker and wreck removal compulsory liability insurance certificates.
The code of safe practice for large commercial yachts, and a list of the main changes from previous version LY2.
Highlights issues to consider when assessing navigational safety and emergency response, caused by OREI
Notice to all Shipowners, Operators, Masters, Skippers, Officers, Cadets, and those concerned with maritime training.
Amendment 2 outlines mandatory requirements specified by the Secretary of State under the hours of work regulations and gives guidance on their application.
What kinds of vessels get expanded inspections by the MCA, what happens during the inspections, notice, and where you can find more advice.
For use by ships, aircraft of persons in distress when communicating with rescue units.
How to conduct a risk assessment before using an electronic chart system in raster chart display system (RCDS) mode for primary navigation.
How to obtain telemedical advice (previously radio medical advice) when a medical incident or medical emergency arises at sea.
Updated guidance on how to process an application for the certification of UK vessels wherever they may be, or other vessels operating in UK waters that use Innovative Technology or where a risk-based approach is used.
Provides additional recommendations and considerations for short range yachts operating outside short range limits
This performance standard for small vessel electronic chart system (SV-ECS) gives technical details for compliant systems used in accordance with MGN 319 (amendment 2).
The General Exemption for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) of Less than 2.5 metres in length overall ensures that eligible vessels have an available proportional pathway to enable operation.
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