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A safety message to the shipping industry highlighting how shortcomings in communication between a distracted master and a pilot led to a ship grounding.
How and when you can apply zero-rated VAT to exported goods.
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in those Regulations.
This chapter is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every type of asset, instead it provides information relating to assets most likely to be encountered by the official receiver but that are not covered elsewhere in the guidance,...
This document contains the following information: International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships, 2001.
Location: Off Cornwall, England.
HMS Trent recently seized drugs after making two interceptions while on patrol
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A safety message to the fishing industry featuring how well-prepared risk assessments and realistic safety procedures offer protection to single-handed skippers from the hazards faced at sea.
Export licensing requirements for storing firearms on a vessel-based armoury (VBA) in the high-risk area (HRA) of the Indian Ocean.
A safety message to the shipping industry on the appropriate precautions to take when handling fumigants.
Information on the amendments made to the International Convention on MARPOL Annex I by the IMO Resolutions adopted since 2004.
UK security will be bolstered through a new contract worth £135 million that will equip the Royal Navy with new decoy launchers to counter missile and drone threats.
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