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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks at the British Normandy Memorial for the 80th anniversary of D-Day [6 June 2024].
With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding.
This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
If you're an employee working at sea outside of the UK check if you can claim tax relief on your earnings.
Find out how to qualify for drawback and what you'll need to do to make a claim on duty you have already paid.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast of the Shipping Forecast.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
Information on how to revalidate a UK CoC (and UK GMDSS at the same time).
We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
This page contains documents relating to the Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1269) ("Grandfather Rights” Regulations).
How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Joint Statement delivered by Zambia on behalf of 81 Member States including the United Kingdom at the UN General Assembly.
Provides latest and previous editions of 'Flagging Up', the UK Ship Register (UKSR) quarterly newsletter
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
This guidance provides details on how to book a survey or inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different survey procedures.
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