Guidance and regulation

Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 30 October 2023

Your rights as a passenger when travelling by sea and inland waterway.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 22 February 2022

MOU between the HSE, the MCA and the MAIB for health and safety enforcement activities and accident investigation at the water margin and offshore.

• From: Health and Safety Executive and 2 others
• Updated: 22 September 2021

• Memorandum of understanding between HSE, MCA and MAIB

  Memorandum of understanding between the Health and Safety Executive, the…

• Operational working agreement between HSE, MCA and MAIB

  Operational working agreement between the Health and Safety Executive, the…

National statistics designation of maritime and shipping statistics publications.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 11 December 2019

Guidance concerning the choice of an alternative engine in the event the owner or operator is not able to purchase an IMO MARPOL Annex VI tier III standard engine.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 8 December 2020

The 2015 Regulations detail the training and certification requirements for masters of all passenger and non-passenger vessels operating in category A, B, C and D waters and some limited coastal voyages in the UK.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 4 April 2022

This statutory Merchant Shipping Notice sets out the categorisations of waters in the United Kingdom.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 22 April 2024

The purpose of this Merchant Shipping Notice is to publish Annex V of Directive (EU) 2016/1629.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 5 February 2019