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This note describes the initial implementation by the MCA of electronic certificates and the means by which their validity may be verified.
The safe loading and back-loading operations of supply vessels serving offshore installations.
Explanation of conditions under which general exemptions to chemical or gas carrier codes are possible for offshore support vessels.
Alert industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required
Guidance for maritime security guards and their employers about the medical certificates needed for working at sea.
Raises awareness of twelve of the most common people related factors which can affect maritime safety, along with suggested mitigating actions.
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
Process to be applied by ship operators to demonstrate the assessment and mitigation of the risk of a single point of failure
Describes the Master’s responsibilities in relation to emergency information and arrangements on Classes III to VI(A) passenger ships and directs the reader to relevant legislation.
MIN 474 Training and certification: changes to International Association of Maritime Institutions officer of the watch written examinations.
Amendment 3 advises on with the merchant shipping and fishing vessels (health and safety at work) regulations 1997 as they relate to new or expectant mothers.
You have certain rights when you travel in, to and from the UK by sea and on inland waterways.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2020.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2021.
Gives a summary of SOLAS chapter 5 regulations, and how they apply to fishing vessels registered in the UK.
Advice on reducing the risk of explosion or carbon monoxide poisoning from the fitting and use of petroleum gas and diesel fuel heaters
Explains the need to maintain a proper navigational watch at all times.
Explains the reporting procedures being implemented by MCA through the European consolidated reporting system (CERS).
Amendment 1 outlines advice and procedures for safe conduct of diving operations especially where diving operations are not controlled by the vessel owner.
In 2018, ILO Convention No. 188 The Work in Fishing Convention will also be implemented in the UK.
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