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Guidance for owners and masters about potentially hazardous medical supplies.
Safety guidance for all seafarers about the dangers of confined space entries.
A reminder to owners, operators, masters and pilots about best practice safely navigating a vessel in pilotage waters.
Safety recommendations about machinery, rigging and equipment for owners, operators and crew members of commercial fishing vessels.
A reminder to vessel owners, operators and crew members about the dangers of moving machinery onboard ship.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors (MSIS 24), about the International code of safety for high-speed craft (HSC code), 2000.
Guidance to help developers doing post-construction hydrographic surveys.
Leaflet for skippers and crew promoting safety at sea
Guidance for operators of Thames sailing barges.
Information and guidance notes for keeping a sailing vessel stable in typical sailing conditions.
Information and guidance notes for keeping a motor vessel stable in typical sailing conditions.
A previous code of practice for yachts carrying 13 to 36 passengers.
A table of information which lists the changes made to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) mandatory provisions.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency information about who can authorise stability approval.
Details of equipment servicing intervals for inflatable liferafts and their manufacturers.
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
This treaty was presented to Parliament in August 2014.
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