The guidance has been updated to reflect the 10m or less fishers’ medical exemption as outlined within MSN 1915 (F). Amendment 5 clarifies the review process for ML5 Medicals.
Maritime Coastguard Agency
- Guidance: River Thames: current river conditions
- Press release: New protections for whistleblowers under NHS manager proposals
- Transparency data: Small boat activity in the English Channel
- Book and manage theory tests for your pupils
- Press release: 1 million visits to Change.NHS.UK as roadshow hits Leicestershire
- Transparency data: Small boat activity in the English Channel
- Press release: Ten nation military partnership successfully completes major exercise in Latvia
- Guidance: River Thames: current river conditions
- Guidance: River Thames: locks and facilities for boaters
- Mr E Passley v Ccpn Ltd: 8000967/2024
Information on training courses from the Counter Pollution and Salvage team including who should attend, course content and objectives, and how to apply.
A list of doctors who were previously approved to carry out ENG 1 medicals but whose approval has lapsed.
A list of doctors in the UK who can carry out ENG 1 medicals.
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
Application form for a UK Discharge Book and / or a British Seaman’s Card (MSF 4509).
Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson has been recognised as a private chart producer, following their application to the MCA
Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
Summary of Issue regarding Lithium Storage Solutions Ltd – Lithium Safety Store®
An international list of people who can carry out radio surveys on behalf of the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
This MGN provides guidance and best practice advice for pleasure vessels, and general exemptions for Class XI vessels.
MCA approved organisations for container weight requirements
Note gives guidance on Pre-registration Survey process for fishing vessels.
A collection of the MSIS chapter 1 annexes number 1 to 25
This course provides learners with the necessary knowledge, understanding and proficiency to conduct safe and effective operations onboard of vessels already utilising electric drives with battery technologies.
This MIN provides information on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) online oral examination booking process, online oral examinations (including amendments to the current Officer of the Watch (OOW) Unlimited, II/1, and Master (code vessels less than 200 GT)/Officer of the Watch (yachts less than 500 GT) online oral examination) and the application process for a Notice of Eligibility (NOE). This MIN also details the recording of online oral examinations, how the MCA deals with malpractice and breaches of online oral examination procedures, and the appeals process for MCA online oral examinations.
A table giving details for MCA approved recruitment and placement agencies.
A table giving details for MCA approved recruitment and placement agencies.
A list of the Coastguard Rescue Service areas across the UK and the volunteer stations in each of them.
For the guidance of surveyors auditing safety management systems both at sea and ashore
This guidance provides clarification of the MCA's Dyslexia Policy and considers up to date guidance from the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) while maintaining compliance with STCW requirements.
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
The UK marine equipment approval database is a list of marine equipment which has been granted UK conformity assessment.
How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides information and outlines the updated Oral exam syllabus, for Merchant Navy deck officers.
This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides information and outlines the updated Oral exam syllabus, for Merchant Navy engineer officers and Electro-Technical Officers.
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
Information outlining the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), amendments 2022 and proposals for implementation into UK legislation with guidance to industry.
Notice to all designers, builders, owners, operators, employers, certifying authorities Masters and Remote Operators, working with ROUVs. This information is provided for use by persons operating ROUVs, certified under The Workboat Code Edition 3. This notice should be read in conjunction with The Workboat Code Edition 3.
A list of shipping companies, and the doctors who are approved to carry out ENG 1 medicals for their employees.
After around 40 years in the same station, a coastguard rescue team on the Isle of Wight has a new home.
Summary of Issue regarding Lithium Storage Solutions Ltd – Lithium Safety Store®
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
A list of doctors in the UK who can carry out ENG 1 medicals.
Domestic Safety Management code (DSM) (MSIS 29) for the safe operation of ships and for pollution prevention.
A table giving details for MCA approved recruitment and placement agencies.
A collection of the MSIS chapter 1 annexes number 1 to 25
Hazards relating to poorly marked equipment, and consideration of how these can be avoided, feature in a new report and safety leaflet for fishers.
Details of the offshore search and rescue courses for the energy industries, provided by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
An international list of people who can carry out radio surveys on behalf of the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
This notice provides guidance on overside working systems, their use, standards, maintenance and regulations.
This notice covers the regulations, risks and need for awareness associated to exposure to harmful levels of artificial optical radiation.
MCA approved organisations for container weight requirements
Guidance on the application of the Entry into Enclosed Spaces Regulations 2022 and supporting information on industry best practice, following consultation.
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