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Emergency Alerts Test on Sunday 7 September, 3pm
Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
A strategic overview for responses to marine pollution from shipping and offshore installations
List of contact details for fuel oil suppliers who are registered as compliant with MARPOL annex VI.
MCA guidelines for ports to ensure a co-ordinated local and national response to an oil spill.
Guidance on the implementation of Port Waste Reception Facilities for ships and harbours/ports/terminals. The purpose of revising this MGN is to reference new methods of payment for Port Waste Exemption applications.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
List of successful bids for the International Green Corridor Fund (IGCF).
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
Guidance on interpretation of The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024.
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
This MGN provides guidance on the SOx requirements under the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships Regulations, as amended for ships in UK ports, with regards to fuel changeover and “hotelling”.
An explanation of the UK shipping regulations relating to the prevention of pollution from sewage. Includes information on equipment requirements and exemptions for unmanned non-self-propelled barges.
Updated guidance on how to process an application for the certification of UK vessels wherever they may be, or other vessels operating in UK waters that use Innovative Technology or where a risk-based approach is used.
Overview of technical and operational measures to reduce GHG emissions from ships introduced through amendments to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention.
Response information and training on countering pollution or threats of pollution from shipping and offshore installations in UK waters.
The government’s route map for the transition to a future of zero emission shipping.
New international requirements, effective 01 January 2003 for provision of shipboard pollution emergency plans.
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
Research match-funding to establish a Clean Maritime Research Hub to address early research challenges in clean maritime.
Overview of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s counter pollution equipment and stockpiles.
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