The Regulations impose duties on employers to protect workers who may be exposed to risk from exposure to vibration at work. 

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Asbestos) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2984). 

Not Always Afloat But Safe Aground.

Under The Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/102) the employer and the master have a general duty to provide "adequate" provisions and water to the crew. 

The person must: (1) hold an AB Certificate; or (2) have 36 months' sea service (of which at least 12 months must be in the deck department) and have met the requirements for Deck Rating Grade 2.

Any person, including a master, who is employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship, on the business of the ship. It does not include persons who are training in a sail training vessel or persons who are not engaged in the navigation of, or have no emergency safety responsibilities on, such a vessel.

(1) Before the ship is put into service an initial survey of the safety equipment;

(1) All European countries except the UK, Ireland and Gibraltar; (2) Russia; (3) China; (4) all South American countries except Guyana; (5) Mexico and all Central American countries except Belize.

By checking for the existence of a valid Exemption Certificate. Where full compliance with a statutory requirement is impossible, the owners may apply to the MCA for an exemption. If exemption is permitted under the relevant legislation, the MCA may have issued an Exemption Certificate.

On the MMO website www. marinemanagement. org. uk which contains instructions for obtaining a licence, and the conditions of burial.

The prevention of future accidents through the ascertainment of the accident's causes and circumstances. Its purpose is not to determine liability nor, except so far as is necessary to achieve its objective, to apportion blame. The MAIB is not an enforcement or prosecuting body.

No. The MCA's website guidance on completion of ship security assessments states that the UK is not approving RSOs, therefore any reputable firm of consultants may be utilised to carry out the SSA.

Where practicable, some from each side of the ship. Different groups of lifeboats should be used at successive drills.

Any discharge into the sea (other than an exceptional discharge) of oil or oily mixture from the cargo area is prohibited in a special area. (MARPOL Annex I, reg. 34. 3) The oil residues which cannot be discharged into the sea in compliance with regulation 34.1 or 34.3 must be retained on board for subsequent discharge to reception facilities. (MARPOL Annex I, reg. 34. 9)

To competent courts which include the Law of the Sea Tribunal (in Hamburg, Germany) or the International Court of Justice (in The Hague, Netherlands).