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How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
Check if you need authorisation to use simplified declarations when you import or export goods like oil, gas or utilities, through a fixed pipeline or power line.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How shipping companies are affected by the current rules.
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
FCDO travel advice for Benin. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
How wind farms and wave and tidal energy devices can endanger navigation, emergency response operations, marine radar and GPS communications.
FCDO travel advice for Côte d'Ivoire. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How to account for VAT on services when a vehicle, ship or aircraft is provided, together with a driver or crew for the transport of goods.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Tools to assist with appraisal and modelling of transport.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
Understand how you can pay tonnage tax if you manage your ships from the UK and they weigh 100 tons or more.
What kinds of vessels get expanded inspections by the MCA, what happens during the inspections, notice, and where you can find more advice.
FCDO travel advice for Equatorial Guinea. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Mali. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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