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Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.

• Updated: 30 January 2018

Complete this form to let the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) know when you have recovered any wreck material.

Report wreck material to the Receiver of Wreck - what counts as wreck material, fines and deadline

• What you need to report

  If you recover wreck material, for example parts of a ship or its cargo,…

• Reporting wreck material

  You can report recovered wreck material online. There is a different way…

• After you've reported wreck material

  You can create an account if you want to: check the status of wreck…

• Updated: 18 March 2016

• Updated: 2 October 2015

Steps you must follow when importing vehicles into the UK, including making an import declaration, paying VAT and duty and telling HMRC using the NOVA service.

Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.

• Updated: 6 September 2019

Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it

We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Location: In the approaches to Milford Haven, Wales.

• Updated: 29 February 2016