by westoncompliance | Jan 7, 2026 | Accommodation, Marine, MCA, UK, Welfare
The MCA has published MGN 601 (M) Amendment 1 to update guidance on crew accommodation standards for new UK commercial vessels under 200 GT, setting out “substantially equivalent” accommodation requirements to those in the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC)...
by westoncompliance | Oct 3, 2025 | Accommodation, Marine, MCA, UK, Vessels
The MCA have issued an amendment to this marine guidance note. Amendment 1 updated references only.This notice outlines the substantially equivalent accommodation standards agreed by the UK Tripartite Working Group for vessels of 200GT to less than 500GT, and applies...
by westoncompliance | Jul 28, 2022 | Accommodation, Health and Safety, Offshore Installation, OMAR, Safety, UK
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) has published an updated version of Operations Notice 82 concerning accommodation on offshore installations which replaces revision 2 which was published in May 2019. Revision 3 makes a number of minor textual amendments...