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US and UK joint statement on green shipping corridor collaboration at the COP28 World Climate Action Summit.
Evidence requirement R100: The contribution of shipping to the English economy.
Notice to all shipowners and operators, recognised organisations, certifying authorities, shipbuilders, ship repairers, masters and officers, and surveyors.
Consultation launched into UK regulations from international maritime law.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
The Type 45 destroyed sailed from Portsmouth today to relieve her sister ship, HMS Diamond
Key regulations on tonnage measurement, weighing, safe loading, unloading and carriage of cargo, and passenger and personnel safety issues for ships.
Amendment 3 outlines provisions of The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 and their effect on the scope of the Merchant Shipping (Distress and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996.
This notice amends MSN 1699 (M) and amendment 1
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
This Merchant Shipping Notice sets out a list of amendments to MSN 1698 which remove requirements contained within it that only apply to Class I and II ships.
Amendment 2 lists merchant notices and marine guidance notes which provide standards or guidance for implementation of the maritime labour convention, 2006.
An explanation of the UK shipping regulations relating to the prevention of pollution from sewage. Includes information on equipment requirements and exemptions for unmanned non-self-propelled barges.
A project to attempt to create spatial data to map trade flows of commercial shipping for Marine Plan policies
This Marine Guidance Note provides guidance to clarify the application of certain requirements in Chapter X of the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), including the High Speed Craft (HSC) Codes, 1994...
The weekly shipping indicators dataset associated with the Faster indicators of UK economic activity research output.
This marine guidance note replaces the guidance which was published on www.gov.uk for compliance with SOLAS chapter V and the 2002 regulations.
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