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Standards for maintaining stability during day-to-day operations while the hull is intact.

We are making changes to Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation and operation requirements – national law) 2018 (Marine order 504) to clarify requirements for monitoring and accounting for passengers on domestic commercial vessels.

Engines, propulsion, fuel, fluid, steering and ancillary systems.

Tests for establishing and verifying vessel stability.

Find out about vessel categories, calculating vessel size, and read the dictionary of definitions.

Constructing the hull, decks, superstructures, deckhouses and bulkheads.

Designing, selecting, and testing anchoring systems.

Standards for class 1 and class 2 fast craft that are at least 35m in equivalent length.

Radiotelephones, signalling lights, EPIRBs, and satellite communications equipment.

Standards for class 1 fast craft operating in sheltered waters or under 35m in equivalent length.

Specifies safety standards for the design, construction, equipping and operation of a domestic commercial vessel that is a leisure craft.

As a statutory authority, we work with the guidance of legislation.

Find out about the special arrangements for vessels which meet the definition of ‘tender’ under the national law.

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Carrying the right safety equipment, including lifejackets, life rafts, and first aid kits.

Specifies the minimum standards for design and construction and safety equipment.

Controlling the risks that weather and water pose to a vessel.

Recent public consultations which are now closed.

In this edition we provide advice on how to send us large files, what to do if you receive a complaint about a survey, provide guidance on battery safety, and more.