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Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
Codes of Practice detail the regular maintenance requirements of safety equipment and systems to a high standard, as is required to maintain fishing certificates.
How we use external suppliers for goods and services.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Notification that the vocational qualification (VQ) route to certification is being introduced.
The purpose of this MGN is to publish the UK list of approved ship recycling facilities as required by the UK ship recycling regulations and referred to in Section 6 of MGN 633 Amendment 1
The Cadet Training and Modernisation (CT&M) Programme has completed a review of the UK’s cadet syllabus, which could shape the future of training worldwide.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
UK seafarers statistics on active at sea and non-UK seafarers qualified to work on UK registered vessels in 2022.
Amendment 2 lists merchant notices and marine guidance notes which provide standards or guidance for implementation of the maritime labour convention, 2006.
7 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
The oral examination syllabus for Master – Domestic Vessels Within a Specified Area – Less than 3000 GT (STCW II/3), previously known as Deck Syllabus H.
The oral examination syllabus for Master - Unlimited Tonnage - Near Coastal (STCW II/2), previously known as Deck Syllabus G.
Guidance on safe operation of fishing vessels engaged in trawling and twin beam trawling, including scallop dredging with derricks or booms.
MSF 4258 provides an alternative route for the revalidation of a certificate of competency.
This guidance note identifies the standards of VTS Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) recognised by the United Kingdom Competent Authority.
The Cadet Training and Modernisation (CT&M) Programme is coordinated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and draws upon input from around the maritime industry to deliver the recommendations detailed in the June …
This consultation seeks your views on four specific measures which will be put into law by way of a new Statutory Instrument, the Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024 (“the propose…
Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.
A pair of information sheets giving important information about fatigue, and guidance on managing it.
The examination syllabuses for the MCA's Deck safety examinations.
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