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Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is inviting fishers, merchants, exporters and processors to help shape changes to the Fish Export Service (FES) to keep seafood exports flowing to Europe from next January.

• Updated: 16 September 2025

Get a medical certificate to work at sea - ENG 1 or ML5 medical certificates, how much they cost, how to apply.

• Overview

  You must have an ENG 1 or an ML5 seafarer medical fitness certificate to…

• How to apply

  How to apply depends on which certificate you need. How to apply for an…

• Suspended, cancelled or expired certificates

  Your medical certificate can be suspended or cancelled if: there’s a major…

Information about who needs a seaman's discharge book and a British seaman's card

Use this form – MSF 4409 – to apply to become a trusted agent with the UK Ship Register.

Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines

A collection of active merchant shipping notices, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

• Updated: 20 June 2025

Guidance on how to apply for a safe manning document and/or exemption for UK registered vessels

• Updated: 21 May 2024

MSF 4227: Use of this form is required for each ship over 500 gross tonnage (GT) joining the UK Ship Register.

MSF 4395: to apply for an MCA issued ships' cook certificate of competency.

Complete form MSF 4741 to register changes to your ship's name or port of choice.