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Anyone in charge of a ship must monitor traffic at sea and report any accidents or incidents
Use a standard shipping note for shipping non-dangerous goods overseas by either air or water.
A collection of active merchant shipping notices, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Understand how you can pay tonnage tax if you manage your ships from the UK and they weigh 100 tons or more.
Provides latest and previous editions of 'Flagging Up', the UK Ship Register (UKSR) quarterly newsletter
Use form C&E48 to apply for authorisation to use simplified procedures for importing and exporting.
Complete MSF 5547, when applying to Parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register for merchant and bareboat charter ships.
How Standard Shipping Notes, Dangerous Goods Notes and Export Cargo Shipping Instructions work, and where you can get them from.
This notice provides guidelines for the Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024. It covers the process for obtaining ship, Company and Registered Owner IMO numbers and explains the application procedure for a CSR.
Use form C95 to declare a ship's stores.
Online proforma registration and guidance for owners, operators and bareboat charterers registering merchant vessels under the UK flag.
Data and statistics about ports, shipping, sea passengers, waterborne freight and seafarers.
Complete form MSF 4737 when registering a mortgage deed with the Registry of Shipping and Seamen (RSS).
Find UK trade data from HMRC. Look up data about imports, exports, commodities and traders.
How ship owners, brokers and operators can apply to MCA for passenger, bunker, tanker and wreck removal compulsory liability insurance certificates
Use form C94 to declare a ship's voyage and cargo.
Stability information for motor and sailing vessels, a stability questionnaire, and guidance on carrying out inclining tests.
Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.
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