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Industry and Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani announces £45 million in funding to maintain the UK’s state-of-the-art fleet of research vessels.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Four lives lost during a commercial stand up paddleboard tour accident at Haverfordwest Town Weir on the River Cleddau in Wales.
Provides details of draft regulations to remove duplication of inspection regimes for ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft in regular service.
Fall of a suspended buoy from a workboat crane at a fish farm off the Isle of Muck, Scotland, resulting in serious injuries to a deckhand.
Announces publication of the draft Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 and accompanying draft explanatory memorandum.
Statement from our Chief Inspector, Captain Andrew Moll OBE, at the start of this year's Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that seven foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports during October after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Green shipping corridors are maritime routes that are decarbonised from end to end.
Adebayo "The Beast" Akinfenwa fronts Coast Clever film to educate the public on the dangers of the coastline.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that five foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports during September after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
New arrangements for disposing of redundant marine pyrotechnics, known as flares, are being rolled out by the pleasure vessel industry.
Damien Oliver has been appointed as the interim Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Read our latest collection of lessons learned from marine accidents.
Transport Secretary sets out measures to safeguard and decarbonise UK shipping.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
A third round of the clean maritime demonstration competition will help companies and scientists to make emission-free maritime a reality.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that nine foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports at the end of August after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Capsize of a single-handed creel fishing vessel near Cairnbulg, Scotland, with the loss of one life.
Recipients of the 2022 Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service announced.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Flooding and sinking of the survey workboat Bella in the approaches to Lynmouth, England.
The future of maritime has been given a massive funding boost by the UK Government with an increase in training subsidies for cadets and ratings.
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