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This MGN explains the new legal requirement for cargo ships that are 24m or more in length and less than 500GT to be fitted with bilge water level detectors and alarms.
Amendment 2 is intended to provide guidance to fishing vessel owners, employers, skippers and share fishermen on the application of the LOLER and PUWER regulations 2006.
Notice to ship owners, operators and managers, masters, officers and crew, authorised service providers, lifeboat equipment manufacturers and UK authorised recognised organisations
UK policy and procedure for acceptance of descent equipment intended to provide a controlled means of decent to reach survival craft.
Amendment 2 outlines guidance for seafarers about their protection, rights and entitlements under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.
Amendment 1 outlines details on how the exposure to radiation can take many forms and can cause varying degrees of harm.
Revision of sections of the small commercial vessel code of practice.
Guidance on changes made in the ITU Radio Regulations affecting VHF communications and equipment.
This notice gives guidance on the measures that shipowners and employers are expected to take in order to provide for safe movement on board UK ships.
This MGN provides guidance on MSN 1902 and MSN 1903.
This notice provides guidelines for the Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024. It covers the process for obtaining ship, Company and Registered Owner IMO numbers and explains the …
Amendment to MGN 83a.
Amendment 2 Information about the minimum age for fishermen and the protection of young persons (under 18 years) working on board UK fishing vessels.
How to comply with merchant shipping (Maritime Labour Convention)(survey and certification) regulations 2013 in regards to regulation 13, on-board complaint procedures.
About the importance of carefully checking the alignment of cylinders at regular intervals, between normal surveys or inspections.
Details of arrangements for the survey, inspection and documentation of compliance for fishermen's living and working conditions on UK fishing vessels,
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.
About amendments to the merchant shipping (fire protection: large ships) and (fire protection: small ships) regulations 1998.
Further information on the merchant shipping (compulsory insurance: ships receiving trans-shipped fish) regulations 1998.
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