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This MGN provides guidance on the harmonization of existing requirements for watertight doors in cargo ships in the 1988 Load Line Protocol, MARPOL, IGC Code and IBC Code with those in SOLAS.
Accepted food hygiene or food safety qualifications as applicable to ships cook's and others processing food in the galley.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors on international load line
Designates UK VTS for the purpose of requiring compliance by shipping with regulations 6 and 7 of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 2004.
The application of the merchant shipping (working time: inland waterways) regulations 2003 as amended
This notice provides details of the search and rescue (SAR) co-operation plan requirements under the merchant shipping (safety of navigation) regulations 2002.
Details of arrangements for the survey, inspection and documentation of compliance for fishermen's living and working conditions on UK fishing vessels,
The stability guidance booklets for masters and watch keepers for powered and sailing vessels
Background information on the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery, and survey reports from 1995 to present.
Guidelines for the MCA's Approved Engine Courses (AEC).
A report on the research to find a replacement for the Holmes Wright B (HWB) lantern test carried out on behalf of the MCA.
Guidance for fishermen on health and safety best practice, and applying merchant shipping and fishing vessel regulations.
Guide to help you prepare and present your vessel properly for survey and inspection.
A list of medical referees who can carry out independent medical reviews where a seafarer asks for a review of the decision on their fitness for work.
Updated instructions for the guidance of surveyors, applied to craft built on or after 1 July 2008.
Details minimum level of training for concessionaires and crew, working on board UK domestic passenger ships of classes IV to VI (A).
Guidance for actions to take in the event of explosives (including Phosphorous devices) being picked up at sea.
This amendment provides guidance for all vessels engaged in transfers of persons at anchor or underway as regards
Describes notification exemption arrangements where allowed under the MS (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and reporting requirements) regulations 2004.
Provides links to websites containing information countering piracy, armed robbery and other acts of violence against merchant shipping
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