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Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
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.
1. List of abbreviations Abbreviation Description BPA British Ports…
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.
A strategic overview for responses to marine pollution from shipping and offshore installations
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Driving the transition to net zero maritime through evidence-led innovation, while improving performance and reducing operating costs.
Guidance and technical information on the merchant shipping (prevention of air pollution from ships) regulations 2008.
Draft regulations to introduce air quality measures to control sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions from ships.
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
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.
Amendment 1 replaces schedule 3, Appendix 5 and Appendix 6 of the existing MSN 1819, bringing them in line with International and EU law.
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
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.
This document forms the Annex to MGN 656 which sets out the UK’s approved ship recycling facilities.
The government’s route map for the transition to a future of zero emission shipping.
A document outlining standards to be met by organisations delivering Tier 2 response services in the UK.
Overview of technical and operational measures to reduce GHG emissions from ships introduced through amendments to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention.
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”.
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
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