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Medical fitness requirements for those employed on boats certificated under MCA codes of practice, crew of seagoing local passenger vessels and non-seagoing boatmasters.
Provides guidance on the application of SOLAS Chapter VI in the UK and on UK ships, to be read alongside the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2024.
Leaflet explaining the differences between alerting technology and location technology.
The Code of Practice for Intended Pleasure Vessels in temporary commercial use at aea.
Shipowners requirements to provide seafarers with medical care on board ship.
Regulations require periodic testing of the complete emergency electrical system including any automatic starting arrangements .
Updated guidance on how to process an application for the certification of UK vessels wherever they may be, or other vessels operating in UK waters that use Innovative Technology or where a risk-based approach is used.
MCA criteria for visual inspection of immersion suits stored in airtight packaging.
Amendment 2 lists merchant notices and marine guidance notes which provide standards or guidance for implementation of the maritime labour convention, 2006.
Amendment 2 includes the 2014 Amendments to the MLC which came into force internationally in January 2017.
Practical advice on the provision of food and water for all fishing vessels.
Amendments to the IGF Code which take effect from 1 January 2024 include, general editorial amendments and changes for ships constructed on or after 1st January 2024.
This Marine Information Note (MIN) outlines the changes to HM Coastguard's provision of a flare disposal service from 31 December 2022.
Amendment 1 outlines circumstances in which shipowners are required to repatriate seafarers under the MLC and guidance on the maximum period of sea service.
Crew accommodation standards as a substantial equivalence to MLC standard A3.1 for new UK vessels under 200GT, ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.
Notice to ship owners, operators and managers, masters, officers and crew, authorised service providers, lifeboat equipment manufacturers and UK authorised recognised organisations
The code of safe practice for large commercial yachts.
Guidance on the securing, stowage and launching of liferafts, and the fitting of the most common types of hydrostatic release units.
This notice provides information relating to recruitment and placement under the 2006 regulations.
Applicable to davit launched lifeboats fitted with on-load release hooks, and any similar on-load release systems if fitted to rescue boats
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