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Requirements where recruitment and placement services are used to engage crew. It is the fishing vessel owner's responsibility to use only reputable (RPSs).
MLC amendment, that a seafarer's employment agreement should not lapse if a seafarer is held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery, until repatriation.
This MGN provides guidance on the criteria for exempting unmanned non-self-propelled barges from some MARPOL Annex I and IV survey and certification requirements and how to apply.
Advises on the guidelines and specifications of hyperbaric evacuation systems to be provided for the evacuation of divers in saturation.
Amendment to MGN 83a.
Introducing the wellbeing at sea tool designed as an evidence based approach for organisations to prioritise, develop and test wellbeing at sea.
This MSN replaces MSN 1670 Amendment 1
Further information on the merchant shipping (compulsory insurance: ships receiving trans-shipped fish) regulations 1998.
Guidance for fishermen and builders. This guide describes the processes to follow through building a new fishing vessel of less than 24m registered length for vessels being built from 21 July 2020.
Draft regulations to implement fire protection.
Draft regulations to implement international safety requirements for high speed craft.
Alerts industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
Stand-alone Furuno GPS receivers and equipment using Furuno GPS chips, could produce data that is 19.7 years in the past, therefore generating errors in both the GPS position and date (19th May 2002).
Applicable to all vessels with fixed carbon dioxide (CO2) fire suppression systems installed.
This safety bulletin is a notification of deficient equipment.
Draft regulations to update the existing requirements for the safety inspection regime for roll on, roll off (ro-ro) passenger ships and high-speed craft.
Information and guidance notes for keeping a sailing vessel stable in typical sailing conditions.
Details and images of a swivel block that failed, and advice for operators.
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