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Amendment 3 outlines how to comply with the merchant shipping and fishing vessels (health and safety at work) (biological agents) regulations 2010 as amended.
Code applied on a voluntary basis to passenger ships carrying not more than 250 passengers
A best practice guide for operators of small passenger boats on inland waters.
This notice outlines the requirements for health and safety signs and signals at work.
Process to be applied by ship operators to demonstrate the assessment and mitigation of the risk of a single point of failure
Amendment 1 outlines advice and procedures for safe conduct of diving operations especially where diving operations are not controlled by the vessel owner.
Amendment 1 outlines the guidance for the use of overside working systems on yachts, small commercial vessels and loadline vessels.
Statutory requirements for operators of passenger vessels to ensure that there are sufficient crew for the safe operation of the vessel.
This notice provides guidance to all who have an interest in small commercial vessels including rescue boats with an intention to operate abroad in non-UK waters.
Guidance on changes made in the ITU Radio Regulations affecting VHF communications and equipment.
Amendment 1 outlines the application of the fishing vessels (working time sea-fishermen) regulations 2004 as amended, which came into force on 1 January 2019.
Amendment 1 outlines information about the safety and duty of care for people on a vessel who are not employed by the ship owner.
Amendment 3 outlines how to comply with the merchant shipping and fishing vessels (health and safety at work) (chemical agents) regulations 2010 as amended.
Fishing vessel owners must have insurance, or another form of financial security, to meet their liabilities and requirements under ILO 188.
This notice outlines the codes of practice and how to obtain them.
Relates to Open Reversible Liferafts (ORLs) and UK certification of such liferafts for over capacity as well as the UK servicing exemption.
MLC amendment, that a seafarer's employment agreement should not lapse if a seafarer is held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery, until repatriation.
Operational codes of practice, construction and maintenance standards for cargo or passenger high-speed craft and Ro-Ro.
Further information on the merchant shipping (compulsory insurance: ships receiving trans-shipped fish) regulations 1998.
The provision of safety information and for owners and operators to ensure adequate measures are taken to inform passengers in an emergency.
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