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Training materials for MCA oil pollution, contingency planning and response course.
Advice for passengers on their rights when travelling by sea and on inland waterways.
This guide highlights some of the risks that are greater if you fish on your own and what you can do about them.
A voluntary Code of Practice applicable to Small Hovercraft of up to 24 metres in length that carry no more than 12 passengers
The oral examination syllabuses for fishing Deck Officers.
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.
Draws attention to incidents with electrical equipment, maintenance responsibilities and the use of thermographic imaging as a maintenance tool.
Procedures for the isolation of machinery prior to maintenance to be included in planned maintenance system
Gives a summary of SOLAS chapter 5 regulations, and how they apply to fishing vessels registered in the UK.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Statutory requirements for operators of passenger vessels to ensure that there are sufficient crew for the safe operation of the vessel.
The use of mobile phones at inappropriate times is distracting bridge management teams from their primary duties of navigating and conning their vessel.
Guidance for designers and operators of small passenger ships to take into account passengers with disabilities, and mobility issues.
Recommended standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Guidance note details requirements for the merchant shipping (prevention of air pollution from ships) regulations 2008.
Maximum continuous engine power is the total power that can be obtained at the flywheel of each engine used to propel the vessel.
General guidance on the survey policy for 24m and over registered length fishing vessels
Guidance on identifying and dealing with overweight lifeboats and rescue boats.
Amendment 1 provisions for continuation of a seafarer's entitlements in relation to payment of wages, if held captive in the event of piracy or armed robbery.
Details required by Competent Authorities for them to apply to IMO, for cargoes not listed, to be incorporated within appendix 1 of (IMSBC)
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