Collection
Active marine guidance notes (MGNs)
A collection of active marine guidance notes, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
MGNs: 000s
MGNs 1 to 99.
- MGN 7 Training, certification guidance part 7
- MGN 12 (F) Fishing vessels operating in submarine exercise areas
- MGN 12 (F) Amendment 1: operating in submarine exercise areas
- MGN 26 (M) High-speed craft training: further guidance
- MGN 34 Lifeboat, compression ignition engines emergency
- MGN 36 Carrying dangerous goods in packaged or dry bulk form
- MGN 37 Merchant shipping regulations: dangerous goods and pollutants
- MGN 38 (M+F)Contamination of ships air conditioning by legionella
- MGN 50 Manning of pilot boats
- MGN 52 Testing emergency sources of electrical power
- MGN 60 (M) Code of safe practice for solid bulk cargoes: amendment
- MGN 70 (M) Amendment 1 Guidelines on responsibilities for resolution of stowaway cases
- MGN 71 Muster, drill, onboard training, decision support system
- MGN 76 Lifejackets carried on passenger ships
- MGN 79 Safety, pollution prevention equipment carried in excess
- MGN 83 Specifications for hyperbaric evacuation systems
- MGN 83a Guidelines specifications hyperbaric evacuation systems
- MGN 90 Amendment 2 Manual handling operations regulations 1998
MGNs: 100s
MGNs 100 to 199.
- MGN 106 Lifesaving appliances: fibre cordage
- MGN 107 Merchant shipping regulations: carriage of cargoes
- MGN 108 (M) Hull stress monitoring systems
- MGN 123 (M + F) Certificates of discharge
- MGN 132 (M+F) Electrical equipment, maintenance and incidents
- MGN 134 (M+ F) Issue of discharge books to UK seafarers
- MGN 137 (M+F) Look-out during periods of darkness and restricted visibility
- MGN 141 (M) Man overboard smoke signals parachute flares on class VI passenger vessels
- MGN 144 (M) Merchant shipping safety for bulk carriers regulations
- MGN 146 (M) Carriage of packaged cargo and cargo units
- MGN 164 (M) STCW 95 Part 18: Conversion of Tonnage
- MGN 165 (F) Fishing vessels the risk of flooding
- MGN 168 (M + F) The marking of seismic streamers
- MGN 171 (M) Mandatory surveys ro-ro and HS passenger craft
- MGN 190 (F) Copper pipe failure in engine cooling water systems
- MGN 193 (M+F) The effects of alcohol or drugs on survival at sea
- MGN 197 Amendment 1 (M+F) Implementation of council directive 2013/59 euratom
- MGN 198 (M) Safety at solid bulk cargo terminals
- MGN 199 (M) Dangers of interaction
MGNs: 200s
MGNs 200 to 299.
- MGN 203 (M) Crew training for domestic passenger vessels
- MGN 210 (M) Advice on the dangers of flooding of forward compartments
- MGN 218 (M) Thames safety inquiry recommendation 27.2
- MGN 223 (M) Carriage of coconut oil and other vegetable oils
- MGN 231 (M+F) Shipboard pollution emergency plans
- MGN 242 (M+F) Format and procedures for reporting safety incidents
- MGN 245 (M) Inspection of shell loading doors on ro-ro ferries
- MGN 248 (M) Safety preparations prior to machinery maintenance
- MGN 258 (M+F) Decommissioning of halon systems
- MGN 266 (F) Interpretation of SOLAS chapter 5 for fishing vessels
- MGN 267 (F) Location, stowage of liferafts and radio beacons on fishing vessels
- MGN 271 (M) The protection of windows and side scuttles
- MGN 272 (M) Voyage data recorders: performance testing
- MGN 272a (M) Voyage data recorder: performance test certificate
- MGN 273 (M) Operational issues relating to marine evacuation systems
- MGN 276 (M+F) Maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
- MGN 279 (M) Certificate of competency as compass adjuster
- MGN 280 (M) Construction standards for small vessels in sport use
- MGN 281 (F) Fishing vessel freeboard & stability booklet format
- MGN 282(M) Carriage of dangerous goods on offshore supply vessels
- MGN 283 (M) Back loading of contaminated bulk liquids
- MGN 284 (M+F) Ships carrying fumigated bulk cargoes
- MGN 285 (M+F) Electronic charts operating ECDIS in the RCDS mode
- MGN 290 (M) Local passenger vessels – manning
- MGN 291 (F) Fishing vessels: fire detection and alarms
- MGN 293(M+F) Alternative arrangement for paper chart requirements
- MGN 296 (M) Medication at sea
- MGN 297 (M) Carriage Of defibrillators on ships
- MGN 299 (M+F) Inappropriate use of mobile phones whilst on duty
MGNs: 300s
MGNs 300 to 399.
- MGN 301 (M+F) Manoeuvring information on board ships
- MGN 305 (M+F) Amendment 1 Barring of INMARSAT ship earth station procedures
- MGN 306(M) Amendment 1 – Designing and operating smaller passenger vessels: guidance on meeting the needs of persons with disabilities
- MGN 309 (F) Fishing vessels: the dangers of enclosed spaces
- MGN 310 (F) Fishing vessels: risk of fire, explosion and burning
- MGN 311 (F) Working and protective gear for fishermen
- MGN 312 (F) Liquid petroleum gas and diesel fuelled appliances.
- MGN 313 (F) Keeping a safe navigational watch on fishing vessels
- MGN 314 (F) Wheelhouse visibility onboard fishing vessels
- MGN 315 (M) Keeping a safe navigational watch on merchant vessels
- MGN 316 (F) Re-applying paints and varnishes to interior surfaces
- MGN 319 (M+F) Electronic chart plotting systems for small vessels
- MGN 321 (M) AIS on double-ended passenger ferries
- MGN 322 (M+F) Ship survey standards
- MGN 323 (M+F) Explosives picked up at sea
- MGN 324 (M+F) Amendment 2 navigation: watchkeeping safety – use of Very High Frequency (VHF) radio and Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- MGN 325 (M) Helicopter assistance at sea
- MGN 327(M) High speed craft dynamic stability research
- MGN 328 High-speed craft dynamic stability in following, quartering seas
- MGN 330 (M+F) Radio aerial lead-ins
- MGN 331 (M+F) Amendment 1 provision and use of work equipment regulations 2006
- MGN 332 (M+F) Amendment 1 Lifting operations and lifting equipment
- MGN 338 Fire at sea: risk assessment for the maritime incident response group (MIRG)
- MGN 340 IMDG code and cargoes carried in cargo transport units
- MGN 341 Ro-ro ships’ vehicle decks: accidents and access
- MGN 342 Carriage of dangerous goods for sale on UK ferries
- MGN 343 Hydrostatic release units: stowage and arrangements for liferafts
- MGN 344 Observations from passenger vessel evacuation exercises
- MGN 347 Vessels where certificates state a limiting number of passengers
- MGN 349 Carriage and use of radar reflectors on small vessels
- MGN 351 Leadership qualities for effective safety management
- MGN 353 (M+F) Amendment 1 control of vibration at work regulations 2007
- MGN 354 Safe operation of fixed CO2 gas fire extinguishing systems
- MGN 355 Maintenance of fixed bulk dry powder fire systems
- MGN 357 Night time lookout: photochromic lenses and dark adaptation
- MGN 358 CERS reporting requirements for port waste and bulk carrier infringements
- MGN 360 Changes to routeing measures in electronic navigational charts (ENCs)
- MGN 364 (M+F) Amendment 1 Navigation: Traffic Separation Schemes – Application of Rule 10 and Navigation in the Dover Strait
- MGN 366 (M+F) Amendment 1 Off-shore pirate broadcasting
- MGN 367 Approval fixed fire detection alarm systems balconies
- MGN 369 Navigation in restricted visibility
- MGN 370 The Dreadnought Medical Service, St Thomas’ Hospital
- MGN 372 Guidance to mariners operating in vicinity of UK OREIs
- MGN 374 (M+F) Inspection & testing of pressurised gas cylinders
- MGN 375 (M+F) Maritime safety information
- MGN 379 (M+F) Navigation: use of electronic navigation aids
- MGN 381 (M+F) Air pollution: survey and certification requirements
- MGN 382 (M) Fire protection of balconies and other external areas
- MGN 383 (M+F) United States clean water act
- MGN 384 (M+F) Amendment 1 Training in the maintenance of electronic navigational equipment
- MGN 386 (M+F) Prevention of air pollution from merchant shipping
- MGN 389 (M+F) Fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems
- MGN 393 (M+F) Maintenance and use of new technology light sources
- MGN 394 (M+F) Local supplier of fuel oil registration
- MGN 396 (M+F) Compatibility of life-saving equipment
- MGN 398 (M+F) Merchant shipping anti-fouling systems regulations
MGNs: 400s
MGNs 400 to 499.
- MGN 400 (M+F)Additional guidance on air pollution from ships
- MGN 401 (M+F) Amendment 3 Navigation: Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and Local Port Services (LPS) in the UK
- MGN 406 (M+F) Use of barbecues and pig roasts on ships and fishing vessels
- MGN 406c (M+F) Use of barbecues and pig roasts on vessels
- MGN 407 Testing fire protection for composite, wood constructions
- MGN 410 (M+F) Amendment 1 work at height regulations 2010
- MGN 411 Certification requirements for crew of fishing vessels, small commercial vessels and large yachts
- MGN 413 Amendment 2 voluntary code of practice for employment of non European economic area (EEA) fishing crew
- MGN 414 Fishing vessels: management beyond european waters
- MGN 415 Fishing vessels: hazards trawling, including beam trawling and scallop dredging
- MGN 416 Small commercial vessels operating in foreign waters
- MGN 417 (M+F) Amendment 1 Radio communications GMDSS shore based maintenance
- MGN 418 Roll-on/roll-off ships stowage and securing of vehicles
- MGN 424 Safety responsibilities on board dive boats
- MGN 425 Amendment 1 assessment of risk for sleeping on dead ships
- MGN 426 External access to means of escape
- MGN 432 (M+F) Amendment 1: Safety during Transfers of Persons to and from Ships
- MGN 434 (M+F) Amendment 1 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) – Training and Certification of VTS Personnel
- MGN 435 Declaration of maximum continuous engine power
- MGN 436 Amendment 2 effects of shocks and impacts on small vessels
- MGN 437 Small commercial vessel codes of practice revision
- MGN 438 CERS exemption arrangements under VTM reporting regulations 2004
- MGN 439 Survey standards for 24m and over registered length FV
- MGN 440 (M) Amendment 1 Measures to counter piracy, armed robbery
- MGN 442 Alternative training standards for helicopter operations
- MGN 446 control vibration at work regulations 2007 exemptions – Amendment 1
- MGN 447 Amendment 1 control of noise at work procedure for exemptions
- MGN 449 Excessive harmonic distortion: potential hazards
- MGN 451 Risk of exposure to radiation
- MGN 452 Potential hazards of arc flash
- MGN 455 Support for maritime training scheme-revised arrangements
- MGN 457 Oil recovery vessel code alternate arrangements
- MGN 457 (M) Oil recovery vessel code: corrigendum
- MGN 462 Entry into force of the energy efficiency design index
- MGN 464 Life and rescue boat weight increase from water ingress
- MGN 465 Annual testing of automatic identification systems (AIS)
- MGN 466 The rescue boat code
- MGN 468 – Amendment 1 (M) – Voluntary Towage Endorsement Scheme
- MGN 469 Safety standards for non-passenger vessels
- MGN 470 Amd 1 MLC 2006 list of merchant shipping notices, marine guidance notes
- MGN 471 Maritime labour convention, 2006: definitions (key terms)
- MGN 472 Amendment 3 MLC Applying for a substantial equivalence
- MGN 474 Retention of Crew Agreements where appropriate
- MGN 475 (M) Amendment 1 MLC recruitment and placement
- MGN 476 Signing on non MLC-ratified countries’ ships
- MGN 479 (M) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Repatriation
- MGN 480 Amendment 2 MLC 2006 Ship owners liabilities including seafarer compensation
- MGN 481 Amendment 1 Crew Accommodation and supplementary guidance
- MGN 482 (M) Amendment 1 maritime labour convention 2006, medical care
- MGN 484 (M) Amendment 2 MLC Published Accident Statistics Advice
- MGN 485(M) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Seafarer Employment Agreements – Application to Trainees
- MGN 486(M+F) Amendment 2 access to shore based welfare facilities
- MGN 487 (M) Amendment 2 Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 On-shore complaints
- MGN 492 Health and safety: those not employed by the ship owner
- MGN 495 Certificate of competency tug deck
- MGN 496 Certificate of competency for master workboat deck
- MGN 497 Storage and use of dangerous goods onboard ship
- MGN 498 Operational guidance for towing inflatables
MGNs: 500 to 549
MGNs 500 to 599.
- MGN 503 (F) Roll or heel test for fishing vessel stability
- MGN 504 Maritime passenger rights: Role of the National Enforcement Body
- MGN 505 (M) Amendment 1: Human element guidance – Part 1: Fatigue and fitness
- MGN 506 (M) Navigation: Deepsea pilotage
- MGN 507 (M+F) (Amendment 1) Oil pollution: Bunker Oil
- MGN 508 (M) Oil pollution : liability and compulsory insurance
- MGN 510 (M+F) Use of exhaust gas cleaning systems.
- MGN 511 (M) – Solid Bulk Cargoes: Amendments 02-13 to (IMSBC)
- MGN 512 (M) – Solid bulk cargoes: Cargoes not listed in (IMSBC)
- MGN 513 (M) – Solid Bulk Cargoes: Controlling moisture content
- MGN 514 (M) Solid Bulk Cargoes: Iron Ore Fines – DSC.1/Circ.71
- MGN 515 (M) Special Purpose Ships (SPS) Code – Offshore Vessels
- MGN 516 (M) IMO Codes and guidelines for offshore vessels
- MGN 518 (M) Police Boat Codes, Amendment 3 (PBC3)
- MGN 519 (M) Life-saving appliances: Controlled means of descent
- MGN 520 (M) Human Element Guidance
- MGN 520 12 Significant people factors in maritime safety
- MGN 524 (M+F) Amendment 1 – Life-saving appliances – category C medical kits
- MGN 526 – Stability guidance for fishing vessels – Wolfson method
- MGN 527(M) Tonnage of Multihulls Under 24m Load Line Length
- MGN 529 (M + F) Life-saving appliances – immersion suits
- MGN 530 (M+F) Radio log book: merchant and fishing vessels
- MGN 531 (M) Cargo stowage and securing
- MGN 532 (M) Amendment 1 – Safe movement on board ship
- MGN 532 (M) Amendment 1 – Safe movement on board ship
- MGN 533 (M) Amendment 1, means of access
- MGN 534 (M+F) Cargo Safety: Verifying gross mass of containers
- MGN 535 (M) Amendment 1 Small Seagoing Passenger Ship code (SSPS)
- MGN 536 (M) Amendment 4 Safety management code for domestic passenger ships
- MGN 539 Carriage of the code of safe working practices
- MGN 540 Fitting ‘fall preventer devices’ to on-load release hooks
- MGN 541 Replacement of lifeboat release and retrieval systems
- MGN 542 (M) The Hovercraft Code
- MGN 544 (M+F) Life-saving appliances – means of recovery
- MGN 545 Transportation of dangerous goods (marine)
- MGN 545 (M+F) Transport of dangerous goods in private vehicles
- MGN 546 (M) In Water Surveys
- MGN 548 (M+F) Inflatable SOLAS certificated liferafts, lifejackets, marine evacuation systems and repair of inflated rescue boats
MGN 550 to 599
M GN 550 to 599
- MGN 550 Design, installation, operation of lithium-ion batteries
- MGN 552 Cargo – safe stowage of specialised vehicles
- MGN 553 Inflatable Non-SOLAS Liferafts and life-saving appliances
- MGN 554 (M+F) Amendment 1 Marine Equipment – Procedure for becoming a UK Approved Body following the UK’s exit from the EU
- MGN 555 Service providers for lifeboats, rigid rescue boats
- MGN 555 (M) Amendment 1 Life-saving appliances: lifeboats, rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear – authorisation of service providers
- MGN 556 (M+F) Amendment 1 Safety signs and signals regulations 2001
- MGN 557 (M+F) Amendment 1 Marine equipment – market surveillance – strategy, reporting and enforcement
- MGN 558 (M) Amendment 1 Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) servicing and deployments
- MGN 559 Electromagnetic fields (EMFs), seafarer health and safety
- MGN 560 (M) Amendment 2 life-saving appliances
- MGN 561 (M) Surveys – Enhanced Authorisation Scheme
- MGN 562 (M+F) Amendment 2 Radio regulations & GMDSS radio updates
- MGN 563 (M+F) Amendment 1 Port waste reception facilities and management planning
- MGN 564: marine casualty and marine incident reporting
- MGN 567 Marine evacuation systems – single point of failure
- MGN 568 Surveys – Alternative compliance scheme
- MGN 570 Amendment No. 1: (F) Fishing vessels: emergency drills
- MGN 571 (F) Fishing vessels: prevention of man overboard
- MGN 576 Guidance for undertaking fumigation operations alongside
- MGN 577 (M) Amendment 1 maintenance of lists of crew ashore
- MGN 578 (M) Overside working on vessels
- MGN 579 (M) Load line convention regulations 2018
- MGN 580 (M) Amendment 1 – Fire protection – fire retardant treatments for fabrics
- MGN 582 (F) ILO Work in fishing convention, financial security
- MGN 583 (F) Amendment 1 ILO Fishermen’s work agreements
- MGN 584 work in fishing convention repatriation
- MGN 585 ILO work in fishing convention payment of fishermen
- MGN 586 (F) Amendment 1 ILO work in fishing convention medical care
- MGN 587 (F) Amendment 1 ILO Health and safety responsibilities
- MGN 588 (F) Amendment 1 compulsory provision and wearing of PFDs on fishing vessels
- MGN 589 ILO work in fishing convention complaints
- MGN 590 STCW Manila amendments alcohol limits
- MGN 591 Safe means of access of fishing vessels and small vessels in ports
- MGN 592 Mooring, towing or hauling equipment on all vessels
- MGN 595 ILO work in fishing convention food and water
- MGN 596 – Fishing safety: Helping to improve safety – Fishing Vessels
- MGN 597 (M) Intended pleasure vessels – Temporary commercial use at sea – Business purposes
- MGN 598 (M) Intended pleasure vessels – Temporary commercial use at sea – Race support boats
- MGN 599 (M) Pleasure vessels – Regulations and exemptions – Guidance and best practice advice
MGN 600s
MGNs from 600
- MGN 600 (M) Amendment 2 MLC Inspection of coded vessels
- MGN 601 MLC Crew accommodation for small vessels < 200GT
- MGN 602 MLC Substantial equivalence for accommodation for 200GT to < 500GT vessels
- MGN 603(M) Requirements for Oil or Oily Mixture Discharges for Offshore Installations Engaged in Oil and Gas Operations on the UK Continental Shelf
- MGN 604(M+F) – Media, Other Organisations or persons carried as passengers on board Ships and Fishing Vessels.
- MGN 605 (F) ILO Work in fishing convention phase in period
- MGN 608 (M+F) Radio survey service: authorisation
- MGN 609 (M) Class IX tugs under 500GT – guidance for exemption from the carriage of a rescue boat
- MGN 610 (M+F) SOLAS chapter V: Guidance on the merchant shipping (safety of navigation) regulations 2020
- MGN 611 (M) Damage stability: alternative verification method for tankers
- MGN 612 (M) Yacht and powerboat safety at sea – maintenance, modifications, damage and repairs – good practice
- MGN 613 (M) Yacht and powerboat safety at sea – grounding of fixed fin keel GRP yachts – good practice
- MGN 614 (M) Yacht and powerboat safety at sea – stowage of life-saving appliances – good practice
- MGN 615 (M) Yacht and powerboat safety at sea – preparedness for non-coastal passages – good practice
- MGN 616 (M) Yacht and powerboat safety at sea – rigs and rigging – good practice for inspection
- MGN 617 (M) Yacht and powerboat safety at sea – emergency procedures, equipment and actions – good practice
- MGN 618 (M) Large commercial yachts – guidance for the control and operation of lifting gear
- MGN 619 LOLER and PUWER regulations 2006
- MGN 620 ILO work in fishing recruitment and placement of fishermen
- MGN 621 roll-on/roll-off ships – guidance for the stowage and securing of vehicles
- MGN 622 (M) Seagoing DPV <24m vessels – General exemption
- MGN 623 (M+F) Telemedical advice service (TMAS) for ships at sea
- MGN 624 (M+F) Amendment 1 Carcinogens and mutagens regulations
- MGN 628 (M+F) Construction and outfit standards for fishing vessels of less than 15m length overall
- MGN 629 (M+F) Construction and outfit standards for fishing vessels of 15m to 24m
- MGN 631 (M+F) The merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by sewage from ships) regulations 2020.
- MGN 632 (M+F) Amendment 1 The merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020
- MGN 633 (M+F) Amendment 1: Ship recycling requirements in relation to hazardous materials on ships
- MGN 634 (M+F) Navigation: Long-range identification and tracking – survey, certification and compliance
- MGN 636 (M) Amendment 1 merchant shipping and fishing vessels (health and safety at work) regulations 1997
- MGN 637 (M) International code for ships operating in polar waters (Polar Code)
- MGN 638 (M+F) Human element guidance – part 3 distraction
- MGN 640 (M+F) Medical fitness requirements
- MGN 641 Amendment 1 (M) Guidance on radiocommunications under chapter IV of SOLAS
- MGN 642 (M) Safety rules and standards for seagoing domestic passenger ships: 2016 and 2017 amendments
- MGN 643 (M) Emergency information and arrangements for passengers on passenger ships
- MGN 644 (M) Interpretation on positive freeboard and decked or open vessel
- MGN 646 (M+F) Engine emission standards applicable to inland waterway vessels
- MGN 647 (M+F) Alternative to the IMO MARPOL Annex VI tier III standard engine
- MGN 649 (M) Amendment 1 Application of MARPOL Annex II to offshore support vessels
- MGN 650 (M) Seafarer employment agreements in case of piracy or armed robbery
- MGN 652 (M+F) Prevention of infectious disease at sea
- MGN 654 (M+F) Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREI) safety response
- MGN 656 (M+F) The United Kingdom list of approved ship recycling facilities
- Annex to MGN 656 The latest UK list of approved facilities
