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Information about the MCA Regulatory Compliance Investigations Team, its operational procedures and action it can take for maritime legislation offences.
Recommended operational information for masters to assess vessel stability.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency information about who can authorise stability approval.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2010.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2011.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2012.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2013.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2014.
Guidance on how ship owners can comply with the updated UK legislation, (now the UK has adopted the Maritime Labour Convention MLC).
Draft Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance (DMLC) guidance for ship owners under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006
Details of equipment servicing intervals for inflatable liferafts and their manufacturers.
The roles of the MCA, as Maritime Passenger Rights National Enforcement Body, and the voluntary UK Complaint Handling Bodies.
This notice gives information on amendments made to the international convention on load lines 1966
Users of the code are advised to implement amendments, in particular sections 4 and 8, and note additional products added to Annex 1 (IMSBC)
A list of MCA Clients and certificates currently in force
Exercise care to avoid fitting inappropriate or counterfeit batteries into portable radio safety equipment.
The Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system provides for the global identification and tracking of ships. Under SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19-1, vessels >300 GT on international voyages are required to tran…
GME has recalled a series of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB) issued between January 2005 to February 2008.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has issued a Report following an incident when a free-fall lifeboat was unintentionally released.
The MCA has become aware of incidents where human error or mechanical failure has caused the premature release of the FRC painter lines
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