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UK marine equipment database

The UK marine equipment approval database is a list of marine equipment which has been granted UK conformity assessment.

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Marine Equipment Database

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Marine equipment must be UK-approved to be placed on board UK ships. This means it has valid UK conformity assessment certification and carries the Red Ensign - the UK conformity mark for marine equipment. Please see Part I of MSN 1874 as amended for further details.

Equipment covered under the UK-US Mutual Recognition Agreement for marine equipment, approved by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), accompanied by a US declaration of conformity, and affixed with the Red Ensign UK conformity mark is also acceptable. Please see Annex 6 of MSN 1874 as amended for details of what marine equipment categories are covered under the Agreement.

Updates to this page

Published 30 December 2020
Last updated 24 April 2025 show all updates
  1. Text within the 'Body' has been updated along with the removal of the 'related content section'.

  2. March 25 version added

  3. File attachment for UK Marine Equipment Database updated from January (01/25) version to February 2025 (02/25) version.

  4. Attachment updated from Rev 12/24 to Rev 01/25.

  5. Marine equipment database updated for December 2024

  6. Marine equipment database updated for November 2024

  7. October version added. September version removed

  8. Updated the database to September 2024

  9. Marine equipment database updated for August 2024

  10. Marine Equipment Database April csv attachment deleted and replaced with Marine Equipment Database July csv attachment

  11. Marine equipment database updated for April 2024

  12. Latest database 03/24 replaces 02/24

  13. Updated database for February 2024

  14. Marine equipment database updated for December 2023

  15. Novembers update to the database uploaded.

  16. Marine equipment database updated for October 2023

  17. Updated with the UK marine equipment database as of September 2023.

  18. Augusts update to the MED uploaded

  19. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - July 2023

  20. Updated database for June.

  21. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - May 2023

  22. Updated database for April to replace the March version.

  23. Database for March 2023 uploaded

  24. Link to MSN 1874 A6 replaced by link to MSN 1874 A7

  25. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - February 2023

  26. Confirmed as an updated version of January spreadsheet for the whole of January 2023.

  27. Database for the first half of January 2023 uploaded

  28. December's database uploaded

  29. November update added

  30. October 2022 update added.

  31. Uploaded Septembers Database

  32. Updated database for August added

  33. Updated link to reflect latest amendment to MIN 590 and some body text removed

  34. Replaces Junes Marine Equipment Database update database with Julys Marine Equipment Database update

  35. Updated link to reflect change from MSN1874 Amendment 5 to Amendment 6

  36. Updated June database

  37. Uploaded UK marine equipment database May 2022

  38. Uploaded UK marine equipment database April 2022

  39. Uploaded March’s update to the UK Marine Equipment Database and deleted MSN 1874 amendment 4, replaced with amendment 5

  40. 02/22 version added

  41. added January 2022 cvs version of spreadsheet

  42. Attachments updated with Decembers attachments

  43. November databases uploaded

  44. uploaded databases for October 2021

  45. Uploaded new versions of UK Marine equipment database sept 2021

  46. Uploading August databases

  47. Uploaded revised UK marine equipment approval databases

  48. June databases uploaded

  49. Marine Equipment Approval Database updated for May 2021

  50. New databases uploaded

  51. Uploaded March 2021 databases

  52. Uploaded February 2021 databases

  53. Uploaded Jan 2021 database

  54. First published.

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