Maritime and the environment

Control and prevention of ship and port pollution, waste, garbage, greenhouse gases, ballast water, oil pollution and MARPOL.

Guidance and regulation

Transport decarbonisation plan
- Guidance
- 12 January 2023
- Department for Transport
Disposing of unwanted distress flares
- Detailed guide
- 1 January 2023
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Department for Transport
National Contingency Plan (NCP)
- Guidance
- 9 July 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Prevent pollution and reduce harmful emissions at sea
- Detailed guide
- 22 November 2017
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Clean maritime plan: Maritime 2050 environment route map
- Guidance
- 11 July 2019
- Department for Transport and Maritime and Coastguard Agency

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News and communications

Passengers to enjoy cleaner travel between UK and Europe  
- 17 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Maritime and Coastguard Agency celebrates World Maritime Day 2024
- 26 September 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Press release
High Court throws out appeal against River Thames conviction
- 22 April 2024
- Environment Agency
- Press release
£8 million funding boost for AI to make boats smarter
- 22 April 2024
- Department for Transport
- News story
Anti-fouling shipping regulation strengthens marine environment protections
- 18 April 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Press release

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Research and statistics

Exercise Phoenix
- 7 October 2022
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Transport, and Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
- Research
Marine pollution survey conducted by ACOPS
- 8 September 2022
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Research
Decarbonising transport: one-year-on review
- 14 July 2022
- Department for Transport
- Research
Tees Valley multi-modal hydrogen transport hub
- 17 March 2021
- Department for Transport
- Research
Maritime Autonomy Regulation Lab (MARLab) Report
- 11 November 2020
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Research

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Policy papers and consultations

Consultation on draft merchant shipping (anti-fouling systems) regulations 2024
- 29 February 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 11 December 2023
Consultation on amendments to the merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 and the merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by sewage from ships) regulations 2020.
- 20 February 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 13 November 2023
Extending the emission control area to all UK waters
- 9 January 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed call for evidence
COP26: Clydebank Declaration for green shipping corridors
- 6 December 2023
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
COP28: green shipping corridor collaboration
- 1 December 2023
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Multi-year clean maritime demonstration competition
- 26 January 2024
- Department for Transport and Innovate UK
- Transparency
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition winners
- 11 September 2023
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
MCA: Annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018
- 19 July 2018
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Corporate report
Total greenhouse gas emissions from transport
- 26 February 2015
- Department for Transport
- Transparency

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