Guidance

How to use the UK national maritime portal for submitting pre-arrival reports

Guidelines on using the UK national maritime single window, including who should use it and when, and which elements must be completed.

Documents

Guidance for use of the UK national maritime single window

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Details

The online portal will only accept:

  • FAL form 1 (‘IMO general declaration’)
  • FAL form 5 (‘Crew list’)
  • FAL form 6 (‘Passenger list’)

Data access is restricted to Border Force and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

This portal, our implementation of Directive 2010/65/EU is launched as a pilot.

Published 28 January 2016