IoTA_Logo(2).png

Institute of Transport Administration

Educating Transport Management since 1944

News

Tachograph rule change for vans reminder

30th Jun 2026

Low Carbon Truck Programme allows fleets to rent and test electric HGVs over 12 weeks

30th Jun 2026

Regulatory gap affecting intelligent speed assist performance

29th Jun 2026

Commercial vehicle solar panel milestone

29th Jun 2026

Reminder: ‘opting out’ for Driver CPC training

27th Jun 2026

View all news »

Fishermen - Certificates of medical fitness – questions answered

17 Oct 2023

By the end of November 2023, fishermen working on a UK vessel must have a certificate of medical fitness – either the ML5 or ENG1.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) advertised the requirement earlier this year, and since then have received lots of questions, thoughts and feedback.

In order to ensure as much preparation as possible ahead of the requirement coming into force, they have created guidance to answer all of the medical certificate questions.

Further information:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/certificates-of-medical-fitness-answering-fishermens-questions/your-certificate-of-medical-fitness-questions-answered