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A safety message to the shipping industry on the importance of verifying vessel stability and cargo security.
Annual report containing detailed final figures on UK port traffic, as well as the UK and world shipping fleets.
Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to maritime shipping
Complete MSF 5547, when applying to Parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register for merchant and bareboat charter ships.
A safety message to the shipping industry highlighting that full and relevant training is needed when any form of Inter-Departmental Flexibility is operated.
The export credit agency’s support for overseas infrastructure projects has created major new trading opportunities for UK suppliers like Severfield plc.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Measures in place to ensure cargo can fly to and from the UK without disruption.
Size of the UK and world shipping fleets on 31 December 2023.
Apply online to export animal feed containing no materials of animal origin to the EU for onward shipment to the Eurasian Customs Union, including Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.
Annual statistics on the UK port freight traffic for 2023.
Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for July to September 2024.
Find out if VAT is due when you sell, send or transfer goods from Great Britain to outside the UK or from Northern Ireland to outside the UK and EU.
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