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Updated guidance on in water survey in lieu of dry docking for statutory bottom inspection for UK passenger and cargo vessels, including domestic vessels.
Notice to ship owners, operators and managers, masters, officers and crew, authorised service providers, lifeboat equipment manufacturers and UK authorised recognised organisations
Updated instructions for the guidance of surveyors, applied to craft built on or after 1 July 2008.
Crew accommodation standards as a substantial equivalence to MLC standard A3.1 for new UK vessels under 200GT, ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.
Survey standards for hull construction, machinery, electrical and control systems which vessels are expected to be built and maintained.
Part MSIS 14 of the instructions for the guidance of surveyors.
A quick-reference guide to UK regulations and procedures.
Guidance note recommending a common format for stability information booklets for use on board fishing vessels.
Describes changes to and implements directive 2005/12/EC which requires roll-on and roll-off passenger ships to comply with stability tests.
The code of safe practice for large commercial yachts.
Engine manufacturers' database and guide for builders, owners, skippers, managers, surveyors and measurers of UK registered fishing vessels.
Regulations & safety requirements for ro-ro passenger vessels and high speed craft operating ferry services within the EU.
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.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors, about inspecting ships' navigation lights, sound and visual signalling equipment.
Code of practice for the construction, machinery, equipment, survey and manning of police boats.
The MCA recognises organisations to act as aviation inspection bodies to assess and certify shipboard heliports onboard UK yachts.
Substantially equivalent accommodation standards agreed by UK tripartite working group for new vessels of 200GT to less than 500GT.
This MGN draws attention to and provides clarification on the inspection regime applicable to RoRo and high speed passenger craft operating a regular service out of a UK port.
Instructions for guidance to surveyors, on maritime and caastguard Agency (MCA) construction standards and policies.
UKSR LYS advice notes for those who wish to have their vessel projects surveyed.
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