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Obligations to maintain a list of crew, including all changes, at an address in the United Kingdom.
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.
This MGN provides guidance on MSN 1902 and MSN 1903.
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.
Information outlining the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), amendments 2022 and proposals for implementation into UK legislation with guidance to industry.
This MSN replaces MSN 1670 Amendment 1
Guidance on the securing, stowage and launching of liferafts, and the fitting of the most common types of hydrostatic release units.
This amendment provides guidance for all vessels engaged in transfers of persons at anchor or underway as regards
Applicable to davit launched lifeboats fitted with on-load release hooks, and any similar on-load release systems if fitted to rescue boats
Notice to all shipowners, ship operators and managers, masters, officers and crew of merchant ships, authorised service personnel and recognised organisations.
This notice outlines the requirements for health and safety signs and signals at work.
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
Amendment 3 contains guidance on the factors affecting the risks of manual handling, with particular reference to work on board ships.
This MSN replaces MSN 1666
Details of arrangements for the survey, inspection and documentation of compliance for fishermen's living and working conditions on UK fishing vessels,
Operational codes of practice, construction and maintenance standards for cargo or passenger high-speed craft and Ro-Ro.
Domestic Safety Management code (DSM) (MSIS 29) for the safe operation of ships and for pollution prevention.
Instructions for the guidance of surveyors (MSIS 24), about the International code of safety for high-speed craft (HSC code), 2000.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
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