Office access and opening times

Contact details and opening times for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency headquarters and our marine offices.


If you’re in an emergency on the coast, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard. In an emergency at sea send a Mayday distress alert on Channel 16, or call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.

Maritime and Coastguard Agency headquarters

Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

Email: infoline@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 0203 817 2000

Press office

Press office

Email public.relations@mcga.gov.uk

Press enquiries (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm) 0203 817 2222

Outside these hours or on bank holidays and weekends, for media enquiries ONLY, please send an email outlining your query and putting #Urgent in the subject title.

Marine office contact details

Contact a marine office to make an appointment for urgent Discharge and Seaman’s Book applications. We recommend emailing the relevant marine office about your enquiry. The team will be able to let you know if they need to speak to you on the phone or in person.

Counter services are available by appointment only. Contact the marine office you want to visit to request one.

Scotland

Aberdeen Marine Office

Marine House
Blaikies Quay
Aberdeen
AB11 5EZ

Email: Aberdeenmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3817 2001

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

Glasgow Marine Office

Albex House
Marchfield Drive
Paisley
PA3 2RB

Email: glasgowmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3817 2011

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

Wales

Cardiff Marine Office

Anchor Court
Keen Road
Cardiff
CF24 5JW

Email cardiffmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone 020 3908 5222

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

Northern Ireland

Belfast Marine Office

Bregenz House
Quay Street
Bangor
BT20 5ED

Email: belfastmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3817 2012

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

North west England

Liverpool Marine Office

Hall Road West
Crosby
Liverpool
Merseyside
L23 8SY

Email: liverpoolmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3908 5110

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

North east England

Hull Marine Office

Crosskill House
Mill Lane
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 9JB

Email: hullmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3817 2018

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

South west England

Plymouth Marine Office

Suite 5
Endeavour House
Oceansgate
Vivid Approach
Plymouth
PL1 4RW

Email: plymouthmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3908 5245

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

South east England

Colchester Marine Office

Iceni Way
Colchester
Essex
CO2 9BY

Email: colchestermo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3908 5165

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

Southampton Marine Office

Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO15 1EG

Email: southamptonmo@mcga.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3817 2210

Counter services
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm
Friday, 9am to 3:30pm

Telephone enquiries
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4:30pm

Seafarer training and certification

Seafarer training and certification address:

Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

Training and certification enquiries (phone lines are open Monday to Friday, 8:15am to 5:30pm): 0203 81 72200

Visit the MCA’s GOV.UK home page to find email addresses for each certification area.

HM Coastguard

For information on the location and phone numbers of our rescue coordination centres see our HM Coastguard contact details page - GOV.UK.