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Sets out alternative ways that certain smaller vessels operated under MCA codes of practice may satisfy paper chart carriage requirements.
This Marine Guidance Note (MGN) highlights the issues to be considered when planning and undertaking voyages in the vicinity of offshore renewable energy installations (OREIs) in UK waters.
GMDSS - Iridium satellite services - distress and MSI 鈥� operational status and regulations.
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
Leaflet outlining the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GDMSS) processes for distress and hazard alerts at sea, together with a sea area map.
Guidance on the requirements of 'MSC.1/Circ.1252' and carrying out tests on non-SOLAS ships with class 'A' automatic identification systems.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Explains the need to maintain a proper navigational watch at all times.
Information for ship owners and operators about the types of hazards that need reporting.
Forms and guidance for initial application and revalidation for Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) operator logbooks and supervisor or instructor endorsements.
MCA leaflet explaining specifications and recommendations for using VHF DSC radios on private leisure craft
Information on how the UKHO will issue future changes to routeing measures in electronic navigational charts.
To give advice to both DP vessels undertaking diving or other subsea operations and vessels that are operating in the vicinity, when applying the provisions within COLREG.
Amendment to marine guidance note 12 relating to fishing vessels operating in submarine exercise areas.
Seismic streamers that are being towed represent a potential hazard to navigation and should be marked with tail buoys.
This notice gives guidance as per International Maritime Organisation (IMO) circulars MSC.1/Circ.1295, 1298, 1307 and 1338 regarding the survey, certification and compliance of ships that are required to transmit long-rang鈥�
Revised IMO performance standards affecting GMDSS radio communication equipment installed on or after 1/1/2024 have now been delayed until 1/1/2028.
Designates UK VTS for the purpose of requiring compliance by shipping with regulations 6 and 7 of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 2004.
Information about the 24-hour radio and radar coastal vessel traffic service (VTS) and further information on vessel safety when navigating, and specifically crossing, the Dover Strait.
Wheelhouse visibility requirements for all fishing vessels.
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