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Export licensing requirements for storing firearms on a vessel-based armoury (VBA) in the high-risk area (HRA) of the Indian Ocean.

• Updated: 18 July 2024

Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.

• Overview

  All ships must carry certain emergency and life-saving equipment. This…

• Life-saving equipment

  Merchant ships You can find information on the life-saving appliances that…

• Fire-fighting equipment

  Ships must carry certain fire-fighting equipment on board. Download ‘MSN…

• Safe use of emergency equipment

  All emergency life-saving equipment must be safe to use, and you must make…

• Servicing and testing emergency equipment

  Life-saving appliance testing Some life-saving equipment must be serviced…

• Help and advice

  You can contact the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for further…

Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities

• Updated: 11 May 2026

Project Allenby/Connaught is a 35 year commitment to provide modern, high quality, fully serviced, purpose built living and working accommodation for 18,700 soldiers.

• Updated: 27 June 2018

• Updated: 25 May 2022

• Updated: 10 December 2014

Decommissioning programmes, including dates, locations, installations decommissioned, method of decommissioning and close-out reports where available.

• Updated: 8 May 2026

The MOD has trialled a series of projects designed to improve the UK's ability to outload munitions quickly and at scale during high-intensity conflict.

• Updated: 24 February 2026

Oil and Gas Environmental statements that have been reviewed

• Updated: 26 November 2020

Information about Authorised User Community (AUC) exemption from the U.S. International Traffic in Arms regulations (ITAR).

• Updated: 17 September 2024