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Almost £27 million from the Levelling Up Fund has been provisionally allocated to Shetland Islands Council to help fund a new ferry for Fair Isle.
Your rights as a passenger when travelling by sea and inland waterway.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
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Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Suffolk.
Location: Gravesend Town Pier, England.
Location: east coast of Swona Island, Pentland Firth, Scotland.
Register your boat with the UK coastguard using the Royal Yachting Association’s SafeTrx service
Location: Near the North Shipwash Buoy, to the north of Harwich Haven Authority jurisdictional limits on the east coast of England.
Location: Carlingford Lough, Northern Ireland.
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