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Guidance to mariners on the use of mobile phones or other personal electronic devices and the dangers of not using them appropriately when working.
Guidance on identifying and dealing with overweight lifeboats and rescue boats.
MGN 637 provides further guidance on the safety, training and manning requirements of The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021
Requirements for the protection of seafarers, fishermen and workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work.
Leaflet explaining the differences between alerting technology and location technology.
This MGN provides best practice marine guidance to facilitate safe and environmentally friendly battery solutions for vessels utilising lithium-ion batteries.
Format of Certificates Associated with the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
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 an update to the 2nd edition of the large commercial yacht code (LY2),as of 20 August 2013.
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
This MSN updates previous versions of MSN 1794(M) outlining the obligations on passenger ships operators to report persons data at the start of a voyage.
All fishing vessels must carry out regular drills and record these. Drills may differ depending on whether the vessel is single handed or not.
This notice provides information on the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) regulations 2011 which implement UK obligations under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Agreement on Port State Control in UK law.
Details the new requirements for experience prior to examination for a certificate of competency as a compass adjuster.
This notice outlines the official reference standards to which PPE need to comply for working on board ships for specific work activities.
The application of the merchant shipping (working time: inland waterways) regulations 2003 as amended
This notice outlines measures that shipowners and employers are expected to take in order to provide a safe means of access on UK ships.
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in thos…
This provides a Code of Safe Working Practice for the construction and use of 15m length overall to less than 24m registered length vessels, replaces MSN 1770.
Standards of VTS training and certification recognised by the United Kingdom Competent Authority. IALA standards and the UK National Occupational Standards. It also provides information on the procedures for the training and…
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