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Wheelhouse visibility requirements for all fishing vessels.
Seismic streamers that are being towed represent a potential hazard to navigation and should be marked with tail buoys.
Amendment to marine guidance note 12 relating to fishing vessels operating in submarine exercise areas.
Find out about MCA’s bathymetric data collection programme, how to share data with MCA, and guidance for offshore developers.
Safety alert about 406MHz EPIRBs produced between Jan. 2005 and June 2010.
Guidelines for developers looking to submit consent applications.
Guidance to help developers doing post-construction hydrographic surveys.
Information for ship owners and operators about the types of hazards that need reporting.
Guidance and information on the requirements for AIS carriage on double-ended passenger ferries, and the specific arrangements for ensuring AIS has correct heading input, regardless of direction of travel.
Revised IMO performance standards affecting GMDSS radio communication equipment installed on or after 1/1/2024 have now been delayed until 1/1/2028.
Information regarding VHF channels for the Kieldrecht lock at the port of Antwerp or the new lock at the port of Terneuzen, alongside the Scheldt River.
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