Maritime enforcement and prosecution

Maritime law, prosecutions, enforcement, fines and vessels detained at UK ports.

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Guidance and regulation

• Maritime Coastguard Agency Port State Control expanded inspection
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 September 2023
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Memorandum of understanding between HSE, MCA and MAIB
  • Guidance
  • 22 September 2021
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Health and Safety Executive, and Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• MCA enforcement unit: prosecutions 2024
  • Guidance
  • 16 July 2024
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• MCA enforcement unit: prosecutions 2023
  • Guidance
  • 21 December 2023
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• MCA enforcement policy statement
  • Guidance
  • 16 November 2021
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency

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News and communications

• Witness appeal: fatal incident at Port of Wisbech quayside
  • 1 October 2024
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Press release
• Witness appeal after collision between motorboat and kayak at Milford Haven
  • 21 August 2024
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Press release
• Jet skier issued first caution under new watercraft safety law
  • 23 July 2024
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Press release
• Sleeping skipper to pay £10k for causing vessel collision
  • 9 July 2024
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Press release
• Company to pay £100k after unsafe vessel sinks causing deaths of two
  • 5 July 2024
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Press release

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Policy papers and consultations

• Consultation on maritime civil sanctions provisions
  • 6 December 2021
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 16 January 2022

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• MCA: Annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018
  • 19 July 2018
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Department for Transport

• Environment Agency
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch