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Codes of Practice detail the regular maintenance requirements of safety equipment and systems to a high standard, as is required to maintain fishing certificates.
Guide to search and rescue helicopter statistics, source documents, accompanying notes, definitions and technical documents.
Find out about MCA’s bathymetric data collection programme, how to share data with MCA, and guidance for offshore developers.
Apply for a transport sanctions licence to carry out transport-related activities which would otherwise be prohibited.
The concierge service helps maritime businesses to interact with government departments.
Document containing questions from industry and answered by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Format of Certificates Associated with the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
Overview of the UK national maritime security programme including compliance, training and security levels.
Details of equipment servicing intervals for inflatable liferafts and their manufacturers.
A guide to human behaviour in the shipping industry.
Interim guidance covering the use, in exceptional circumstances, of armed guards on UK flagged vessels to defend against piracy.
List of contact details for fuel oil suppliers who are registered as compliant with MARPOL annex VI.
Apply for funding to improve the accessibility of ferry operations on the Isle of Wight and the Isles of Scilly.
Accredited official statistics designation of maritime and shipping statistics publications.
Download 'must do' action signs from the 'Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) for Merchant Seamen'.
Guide for shipping lines, their agents and ports to complete statistical returns on maritime freight traffic through ports.
Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2022.
Recommendation for the fitting of hull stress monitoring systems on bulk carriers of 20,000 dwt and above.
Seismic streamers that are being towed represent a potential hazard to navigation and should be marked with tail buoys.
Advises of possibility of premature pipe failure due to fatigue when pipes are incorrectly mounted, or subjected to in service vibration.
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