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Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
Information about the 24-hour radio and radar coastal vessel traffic service (VTS) and further information on vessel safety when navigating, and specifically crossing, the Dover Strait.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Dover to Deal, in the South East of England.
Guidance for port-bound vehicles on the A20 approaching Dover.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Dover to Folkestone, in the South East of England.
The Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) has published a report providing advice to the Department for Transport (DfT) concerning its proposed subsidy to Dover Harbour Board (DHB).
Dovegate is a privately run male prison in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
An assessment of the 2019 hydrographic survey
Adaptation report to Defra by the Port of Dover. Part of the third round of the adaptation reporting process under the Climate Change 2008 Act.
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