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Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
Entry into enclosed spaces onboard ships is sometimes a necessary but dangerous work activity. This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the risk to life.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
All ships must carry certain emergency and life-saving equipment. This…
Merchant ships You can find information on the life-saving appliances that…
Ships must carry certain fire-fighting equipment on board. Download ‘MSN…
All emergency life-saving equipment must be safe to use, and you must make…
Life-saving appliance testing Some life-saving equipment must be serviced…
You can contact the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for further…
Check the tariff classification for animal beds.
On 18 March the Defence Secretary announced new measures to enable armed forces personnel to support public services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element
How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.
Construction, radio and marine equipment standards for merchant ships and special shipping.
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
How to take someone to the court to get compensation or payment for a collision at sea, a ship mortgage or another shipping dispute.
Use this form for ship supplies declarations for goods from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland destined for ships leaving Great Britain.
Find out about the Department for Business and Trade’s Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Find out how to qualify for drawback and what you'll need to do to make a claim on duty you have already paid.
The U7 exemption allows you to use effluent from water and waste water treatment plants to clean highway gravel beds where high-quality water is not needed.
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
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