Tag: UK MCA

The UK Coastguard assisted a Russian flagged vessel that had a significant list just outside Portsmouth Harbour. However, inclement weather impedes plans to move ‘Mekhanik Yartsev’, which remains at anchor in the Solent Plans and will transit in to Southampton Harbour with tug escort on 28 December.

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency released a Marine Guidance Note about the use of equipment, while undertaking work on commercial Yachts, small Commercial Vessels and loadline Vessels. This Marine Guidance Note's goal is to provide guidance on the use of “rail and trolley” and similar systems.

UK MCA released a circular, in which it gives guidance on the Maintenance of lists of crew ashore. This note advises operators to maintain a list of crew, including all changes, at an address in the United Kingdom.

UK MCA released a Marine Guidance Note, in which it informs shipowners and masters of the requirement to maintain compulsory insurance against liability for bunker oil pollution damage.

The UK’s fishing federations in conjunction with the MCA Fishing Safety ​team have developed a Fishing Safety Management System that will assist fishermen with the imminent implementation of a generational change to fishing safety legislation, the ILO 188 Fishing Convention.

The Code is designed to set initial standards and best practice for all those involved with the development and operation of autonomous systems, seeking to provide practical guidance for the design, construction and safe operation of autonomous and semi-autonomous vessels under 24m.

The pilot and the captain of the car carrier 'City of Rotterdam', which collided with a ferry in December 2015, in the River Humber, have received suspended sentences of four months in prison each, according to UK MCA.

UK MCA issued amended guidance note to provide information about the changes made the Radio Regulations , which entered into force on January 1st, 2017 highlighting that the agency does not require the replacement of marine radio equipment installed and used on board. Therefore, it is operators' responsibility to consider, based upon the area of operation, whether an update or replacement of the on-board radio equipment is necessary.

The UK MCA issued a marine notice, highlighting the risks of using non-SOLAS or non-pyrotechnic distress flares such as Electronic Visual Distress Signals. Where carriage of flares is not mandatory, the MCA nevertheless advises that EVDS should not currently be carried as a substitute for conventional pyrotechnic flares.

The captain of the Dutch motor vessel 'Ruyter' that ran aground at Rathlin Island has been fined £1,000 at Armagh Magistrate’s Court, after pleading guilty to failing to keep a proper look out.