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Use a standard shipping note for shipping non-dangerous goods overseas by either air or water.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
Guide to maritime and shipping statistics including notes and definitions, quality information and supporting technical documents.
A collection of active merchant shipping notices, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Use this form for ship supplies declarations for goods from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland destined for ships leaving Great Britain.
How to account for VAT on services when a vehicle, ship or aircraft is provided, together with a driver or crew for the transport of goods.
Data and statistics about ports, shipping, sea passengers, waterborne freight and seafarers.
Investment into zero emission routes to and from the UK will help create long-term sustainability and keep our waters clean.
Use form C208 to list outgoing aircraft stores that you're removing from a warehouse.
How Standard Shipping Notes, Dangerous Goods Notes and Export Cargo Shipping Instructions work, and where you can get them from.
Provides latest and previous editions of 'Flagging Up', the UK Ship Register (UKSR) quarterly newsletter
Complete MSF 5547, when applying to Parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register for merchant and bareboat charter ships.
Complete form MSF 4736 to notify the Register of Shipping and Seamen (RSS) about a mortgage deed when registering a ship.
These draft notices advise on the application and effect of the draft Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022 which are subject to approval by Parliament, and could change.
Complete form MSF 4737 when registering a mortgage deed with the Registry of Shipping and Seamen (RSS).
Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to maritime shipping
Further information on the merchant shipping (compulsory insurance: ships receiving trans-shipped fish) regulations 1998.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Outlining detailed requirements about ship-to-ship transfers of a cargo made up entirely or mainly of oil.
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