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Location: Tor Bay, England.
Location: River Dart, England.
Location: Off Lowestoft, England.
Adopted EU recommendation LSA-075. UK approved recommendation on the use of rescue boats as speed boats.
Operational codes of practice, construction and maintenance standards for cargo or passenger high-speed craft and Ro-Ro.
HMS Trent recently seized drugs after making two interceptions while on patrol
Location: Southampton Water, England.
Loss of life when a high-speed passenger craft made heavy contact with a navigation buoy in Southampton Water, England.
Two fatalities following the loss of control of a powerboat near Little Thatch Island, British Virgin Islands.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
The MOD took operational command of responding to small boat crossings in the English Channel on 14 April 2022, this returned to the Home Office on 31 January 2023.
Organisations can apply for the Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund to use AI for projects that make UK waters safer, operations smoother and air cleaner.
Safety lessons to the recreational craft industry and pleasure boat users on the importance of using a kill cord to save lives and prevent serious injury.
Location: Camel Estuary, near Padstow, Cornwall, England.
A Code of Practice applicable to High Speed Offshore Service Craft of up to 500GT that carry more than 12 industrial personnel but no more than 60 persons in total.
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