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This MGN provides best practice marine guidance to facilitate safe and environmentally friendly battery solutions for vessels utilising lithium-ion batteries.
Steps and requirements on how to register a fishing vessel
Amends MSN 1699(M) to implement amendments to the technical requirements, in relation to stability and Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) requirements.
Advice about regulations applying to pleasure (sport or recreational) craft.
The safety requirements for systems and equipment that move and control vessels, and make vessels usable for crew, passengers and cargo.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
The standard code of practice for the safety of large commercial yachts under 300 GT (gross tonnage).
This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
The merchant shipping regulations 1998 for construction of passenger ships classes III to VI(A).
Online proforma registration and guidance for owners, operators and bareboat charterers registering merchant vessels under the UK flag.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Guidance on the recommended installation of radar reflectors on vessels less than 15m in overall length. Containing an explanation of the ISO 8729 standards.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
A quick-reference guide to UK regulations and procedures.
Maintenance intervals of portable fire extinguishers.
Guidance to the crew for the safe use of fixed CO2 gas fire extinguishing systems.
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