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Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
MCA guidelines for ports to ensure a co-ordinated local and national response to an oil spill.
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A strategic overview for responses to marine pollution from shipping and offshore installations
Guidance on the implementation of Port Waste Reception Facilities for ships and harbours/ports/terminals. The purpose of revising this MGN is to reference new methods of payment for Port Waste Exemption applications.
Updated guidance on how to process an application for the certification of UK vessels wherever they may be, or other vessels operating in UK waters that use Innovative Technology or where a risk-based approach is used.
Guidance and technical information on the merchant shipping (prevention of air pollution from ships) regulations 2008.
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
List of successful bids for the International Green Corridor Fund (IGCF).
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
Overview of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s counter pollution equipment and stockpiles.
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
Explains recent amendments to international codes related to the carriage by sea of dangerous goods and the dates when voluntary and mandatory use are required.
The purpose of this MGN is to publish the UK list of approved ship recycling facilities as required by the UK ship recycling regulations and referred to in Section 6 of MGN 633 Amendment 1
An explanation of the UK shipping regulations relating to the prevention of pollution from sewage. Includes information on equipment requirements and exemptions for unmanned non-self-propelled barges.
The government’s route map for the transition to a future of zero emission shipping.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using methanol as fuel.
This document forms the Annex to MGN 656 which sets out the UK’s approved ship recycling facilities.
Guidance on interpretation of The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
List of contact details for fuel oil suppliers who are registered as compliant with MARPOL annex VI.
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