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Information on the safe operation of power operated watertight doors and references to additional information.
Recommended standards for the inspection and testing of pressurised seamless steel gas cylinders for fire fighting appliances and other onboard purposes.
Guidance note details requirements for the merchant shipping (prevention of air pollution from ships) regulations 2008.
Guidance regarding the use of operating instructions and signage for fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems.
Reminds industry of codes and standards which should be followed and includes key extracts from these documents for ease of reference.
This amendment provides guidance for all vessels engaged in transfers of persons at anchor or underway as regards
Amendment 2 outlines guidance for seafarers about their protection, rights and entitlements under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.
Provides shipowners with links to information to maintain awareness of hazards and risks which are causing accidents to inform risk assessments and procedures.
Amendment 1 outlines information about the safety and duty of care for people on a vessel who are not employed by the ship owner.
This notice gives guidance on the measures that shipowners and employers are expected to take in order to provide for safe movement on board UK ships.
Applicable to davit launched lifeboats fitted with on-load release hooks, and any similar on-load release systems if fitted to rescue boats
Outlines MCA Approval Procedures for fire retardant treatment of various items, covers and components onboard vessels certificated under the Large Commercial Yacht Code.
Details on the UK provisions on the MCA’s handling of complaints, made to the MCA, relating to the work in fishing convention 2007 (ILO 188).
Guidance concerning the choice of an alternative engine in the event the owner or operator is not able to purchase an IMO MARPOL Annex VI tier III standard engine.
This Note provides the consolidated text of the revised explanatory notes to the SOLAS Chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations as set out in MSC.429(98)/Rev.2.
Amendment 3 contains guidance on the factors affecting the risks of manual handling, with particular reference to work on board ships.
Information on the amendments made to the International Convention on MARPOL Annex I by the IMO Resolutions adopted since 2004.
This MGN provides the criteria to be met for Aviation Inspection Bodies (AIBs) to be approved as a recognised AIB by the MCA for the purpose of issuing Helicopter Landing Area Certificates (HLACs). A link to the list of appr…
This Marine Information Note provides a list of changes to the regulations in SOLAS II-1 with an entry into force on 1 January 2024.
This notice recommends that a master or chief mate of large ships have adequate experience in unusual maneuvering characteristics.
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