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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Complete form MSF 4744, to apply for the removal of a British ship from the UK Ship register.
Complete MSF 3914 for a safe manning document for UK registered workboats and/or high speed offshore service crafts.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Complete MSF 4900, to apply for an oral examination leading to the issue of a small vessel engineer officer (SVE) certificate of competency.
The document attached MSF 4367, is the official record of your training, which enables you to gain a Boatmasters' Licence (BML)
Application form to become a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) approved doctor.
MSF 4227: Use of this form is required for each ship over 500 gross tonnage (GT) joining the UK Ship Register.
Complete form MSF 4741 to register changes to your ship's name or port of choice.
Complete MSF 4299 for the replacement of a certificate of competency.
Complete form MSF 4736 to notify the Register of Shipping and Seamen (RSS) about a mortgage deed when registering a ship.
Ship owners' form for electronic email applications to MCA for certification of evidence of bunker, tanker or passenger liability insurance.
Application form for an IGF Certificate of Proficiency (MSF 4350).
MSF 4365: Use this form if you already have a boatmasters' licence and you would like to revalidate it.
MSF 4310 the requirements to gain an able seafarer deck certificate regulation II/5 are detailed in this application form.
Complete form MSF 4259, for an oral examination leading to the issue of a certificate of competency (STCW) for electro technical officers.
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
MSF1261 to submit a request for an MCA assessment.
Complete this form to register a vessel on part III of the UK Ship Register
Complete form MSF 4257, for an oral examination leading to the issue of a certificate of competency (STCW) for master workboat less than 500 GT unlimited.
This document MSF 4366, is the official record of your work activities and experience which enable you to hold a Boatmasters' Licence (BML).
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