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This MGN provides best practice marine guidance to facilitate safe and environmentally friendly battery solutions for vessels utilising lithium-ion batteries.
The safety requirements for systems and equipment that move and control vessels, and make vessels usable for crew, passengers and cargo.
Advice about regulations applying to pleasure (sport or recreational) craft.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
Details the research undertaken and the procedures to be followed to demonstrate the fire protection standards for non-steel constructions.
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A quick-reference guide to UK regulations and procedures.
Instructions for guidance to surveyors, on maritime and caastguard Agency (MCA) construction standards and policies.
Information about safety requirements for registering small fishing vessels.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using ammonia as fuel.
Amends MSN 1699(M) to implement amendments to the technical requirements, in relation to stability and Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) requirements.
This Note sets out the procedure for Conformity Assessment Bodies to follow in seeking designation as a UK Approved Body under the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
The standard code of practice for the safety of large commercial yachts under 300 GT (gross tonnage).
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