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Sets out alternative ways that certain smaller vessels operated under MCA codes of practice may satisfy paper chart carriage requirements.
Leaflet outlining the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GDMSS) processes for distress and hazard alerts at sea, together with a sea area map.
GMDSS - Iridium satellite services - distress and MSI – operational status and regulations.
Information for ship owners and operators about the types of hazards that need reporting.
Information about the 24-hour radio and radar coastal vessel traffic service (VTS) and further information on vessel safety when navigating, and specifically crossing, the Dover Strait.
The use of mobile phones at inappropriate times is distracting bridge management teams from their primary duties of navigating and conning their vessel.
Guidance on the regulations for deep-sea pilotage. This notice also includes contact details for the competent authorities covering the areas concerned
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
MCA leaflet explaining specifications and recommendations for using VHF DSC radios on private leisure craft
Maritime Safety Information (MSI) is defined in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, Chapter IV as “navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety related messages broadca…
Designates UK VTS for the purpose of requiring compliance by shipping with regulations 6 and 7 of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 2004.
Find out about MCA’s bathymetric data collection programme, how to share data with MCA, and guidance for offshore developers.
This notice gives guidance as per International Maritime Organisation (IMO) circulars MSC.1/Circ.1295, 1298, 1307 and 1338 regarding the survey, certification and compliance of ships that are required to transmit long-rang…
Details of emergency response planning for at-sea renewable energy installations.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Wheelhouse visibility requirements for all fishing vessels.
Guidance and information on the requirements for AIS carriage on double-ended passenger ferries, and the specific arrangements for ensuring AIS has correct heading input, regardless of direction of travel.
Information on how the UKHO will issue future changes to routeing measures in electronic navigational charts.
To give advice to both DP vessels undertaking diving or other subsea operations and vessels that are operating in the vicinity, when applying the provisions within COLREG.
This notice outlines MCA accredited training organisations in the UK for IALA C0103 courses and their contact details.
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