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Complete form MSF 4756 to allow the vessel to be registered elsewhere, with the UK remaining as the primary register
Complete form MSF 4742 to apply for a duplicate UK ship registration certificate.
Use this form – MSF 4409 – to apply to become a trusted agent with the UK Ship Register.
Form which vessel-based armoury (VBA) operators must complete to store firearms on a VBA in the high-risk area of the Indian Ocean.
Complete form MSF 4260, to apply for an oral examination leading to the issue of a certificate of competency (STCW) for masters and deck officers of tugs.
Use form C96 to declare the crew's effects.
MSF 4390: Use this form if you've lost or had your boatmasters' licence (BML) stolen and you need to replace it.
MSF 4287: Application for a Notice of Eligibility (NOE) for an oral examination leading to the issue of a CoC
MSF 3901: application to remove limitations such as ECDIS, Davit lifeboat and High Voltage.
To be completed when applying for a large yacht survey.
Vessels owners, agents or skippers should use this subject access request form to request VMS data from the MMO.
Complete form MSF 4399, to apply for a (BML) exemption certificate tier 2 level 2 boatmasters’ licence
Complete form MSF 4738, to register a bareboat charter ship with the Registry of Shipping and Seamen (RSS)
Renewal application form for verified gross mass of containers
Form for self-declaration for operators of Tugs and Workboats undertaking regular tows to sea.
To be completed as part of the approval process.
The form to be completed by the classification society on completion of survey
Complete form MSF 4735 to register a bareboat charter declaration with the Registry of Shipping and Seamen (RSS)
Employers of seafarers on UK ships to submit this form when seafarers are diagnosed by a medical practitioner with an occupational disease.
Electronic recording system for producing annual accounts of safety inspections and surveys.
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