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Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
A strategic overview for responses to marine pollution from shipping and offshore installations
This document forms the Annex to MGN 656 which sets out the UK’s approved ship recycling facilities.
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.
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
The government’s route map for the transition to a future of zero emission shipping.
MCA guidelines for ports to ensure a co-ordinated local and national response to an oil spill.
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
Guidance and technical information on the merchant shipping (prevention of air pollution from ships) regulations 2008.
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.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using ammonia as fuel.
Requirement to maintain compulsory insurance against liability for bunker oil pollution damage and information on the limits of liability.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using hydrogen as fuel.
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.
Overview of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s counter pollution equipment and stockpiles.
Draft regulations to introduce air quality measures to control sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions from ships.
List of contact details for fuel oil suppliers who are registered as compliant with MARPOL annex VI.
This MGN provides guidance on the harmonization of existing requirements for watertight doors in cargo ships in the 1988 Load Line Protocol, MARPOL, IGC Code and IBC Code with those in SOLAS.
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