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Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Research match-funding to establish a Clean Maritime Research Hub to address early research challenges in clean maritime.
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List of successful bids for the International Green Corridor Fund (IGCF).
MCA guidelines for ports to ensure a co-ordinated local and national response to an oil spill.
A strategic overview for responses to marine pollution from shipping and offshore installations
Guidance concerning the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) surveyors
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.
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.
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
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.
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
Guidance and technical information on the merchant shipping (prevention of air pollution from ships) regulations 2008.
Guidance on interpretation of The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024.
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
Amendment 1 replaces schedule 3, Appendix 5 and Appendix 6 of the existing MSN 1819, bringing them in line with International and EU law.
This document forms the Annex to MGN 656 which sets out the UK’s approved ship recycling facilities.
The government’s route map for the transition to a future of zero emission shipping.
New international requirements, effective 01 January 2003 for provision of shipboard pollution emergency plans.
An overview of the advantages, challenges, regulations and guidance associated with using lithium-ion.
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