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This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides clarification on the current requirements for Basic Health and Safety and Safety Awareness training, with the aim of ensuring consistent application across the UK fishing industry.…
This notice sets out the upcoming SOLAS chapter V (Regulation 31 and 32) amendments which will come into force in Jan 2026 about the reporting of container loss at sea
Obligations to maintain a list of crew, including all changes, at an address in the United Kingdom.
Requirements for the protection of seafarers, fishermen and workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work.
This MGN explains the dangerous use provisions of the MSA to powered watercraft, the obligations and offences for different actors, and the role of the MCA as the main statutory authority for enforcement.
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.
The General Exemption for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) of Less than 2.5 metres in length overall ensures that eligible vessels have an available proportional pathway to enable operation
This Marine Guidance Note (MGN) advises of the adoption of IMO resolutions MSC.520(106), MSC.532(107), MSC.550(108), and MSC.555(108) and their entry into SOLAS Chapter II-2 and the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regula…
This MSN replaces MSN 1666
Designates UK VTS for the purpose of requiring compliance by shipping with regulations 6 and 7 of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 2004.
Flag State Endorsements needed for officers serving on fishing vessels, and the responsibilities of owners and operators.
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in those Regula…
Explains recent amendments to international codes related to the carriage by sea of dangerous goods and the dates when voluntary and mandatory use are required.
Text of the SPS code 1983
Details of emergency response planning for at-sea renewable energy installations.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using methanol as fuel.
Guidance on the requirements for the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to vibrations at work.
Download 'fire' action and equipment signs from the 'Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) for Merchant Seamen'.
Maritime Safety Information (MSI) is defined in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, Chapter IV as “navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety related messages broadca…
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