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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 14/12, IMCA M 24/12

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA M 23/12

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The US Coast Guard has recently announced the availability of three policy letters providing guidance on the International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW). These letters provide guidance on the following topics: Hours of rest requirements of the 2010 amendments to the

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA R 07/12

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The UK Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012 are due to come into effect on 1 October 2012. The regulations will introduce a new ‘Fee for Intervention’ (FFI) scheme. Under this scheme the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be under a duty to recover its costs for its

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 13/12

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 12/12, IMCA D 04/12, IMCA M 19/12

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 11/12, IMCA C 11/12, IMCA D 03/12, IMCA M 18/12, IMCA S 06/12, IMCA R 06/12

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 10/12, IMCA C 10/12, IMCA M 17/12

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 08/12, IMCA M 14/12

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA C 08/12

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The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has completed its 2012 review of cost recovery arrangements. New Safety Case levies are expected to apply from 1 January 2013, as follows: Unit value – $31,000 (currently $29,000); Safety management system (SMS) for a Mobile Facility – $100,000

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Please may we have your feedback on whether IMCA should be responding to a proposal from the European Union (EU) that ships carrying offshore workers should be subject to passenger ship rules. This has been included in a European Commission consultation on a review of passenger ship safety legislation. The

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The UK government has decided to go ahead with plans to include seafarers and offshore workers within the UK pensions’ reform, which are being phased in from October 2012. All personnel who are ‘ordinarily working in the UK’ will have to be automatically enrolled in a company pension scheme, and

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Please find attached the Australian government’s response to the report of the second Triennial Review of the Operational Effectiveness of the Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) – the 2011 NOPSA Operational Review. Members will recall that the report of the Review concluded that NOPSA was effective, but that

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published a new policy letter (No. 02/12), confirming that the design and equipment standards of the 2009 MODU Code have been deemed to be at least as effective as the standards of earlier versions of the Code. Previous versions of the MODU Code

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