New minimum safe manning requirements
published by Isle of Man Ship Registry The Isle of Man Ship Registry has issued an updated Manx Shipping Note (MSN 052) for minimum safe manning requirements, published on 9 January 2023.
This MSN sets out the measures adopted by the Ship Registry to ensure the Isle of Man registered vessels are sufficiently and efficiently manned in accordance with the Isle of Man Merchant Shipping (Manning and STCW) Regulations 2014. The Regulations and this MSN have been produced by taking into account IMO Resolution A.1047(27) Principles of Minimum Safe Manning.
The Regulations apply to all Isle of Man registered ships except for - - fishing vessels; - wooden ship of primitive build; - warship, naval auxiliary, or other ship owned or operated by a State and engaged only on governmental non-commercial service;
- ships not propelled by mechanical means; or - commercial yachts.
Section 1 of the document specifies minimum safe manning document requirements.
Section 2 explains the guidelines for determining the minimum safe manning for the Isle of Man registered ships.
Section 3 explains the responsibility of the ship’s Company. The Company must prepare and submit its proposal for the ship’s minimum safe manning by completing the minimum safe manning application form which is available on the Ship Registry website.
Download MSN 052 at
https://bit.ly/3JevboL. Or scan the QR code.
One hundred-year-old
sunken motoryacht raised and salvaged The 32.7-metre motoryacht, known as Llys Helig, has been raised from her former resting place on the riverbed in Essex, UK following her capsize in 2017 and has been being transported to a nearby boatyard for repairs. Known to local residents as the “Burnham Titanic”, the motoryacht capsized whilst still attached to her mooring in the town of Burnham-on-Crouch. It is understood that poor mooring conditions and prior refit works which made her “top-heavy” contributed to the sinking.
The yacht, which is now registered as a National Historic Ship, was listed for sale as a restoration project and purchased by a UK-based businessman in 2018. Speaking to a local news outlet, the yacht’s owner Howard Dawber said he plans to “restore the 1922 lines and features”.
The motoryacht was launched in 1922 by well known British shipyard, Vosper Thornycroft, as a gentleman’s cruiser. Over the years she had an active life, cruising across Scotland, Ireland and the Mediterranean in her early years. Llys Helig is thought to be one of the oldest Vosper Thornycroft yachts still in existence.
Photo credit: Mark Elliott
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