He may give certain statutory directions (called "safety directions" in Schedule 3A) concerning the ship or its cargo.

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK (27). (All except Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Russian Federation are EU Member States. )

Information related to the ship, its machinery and equipment or to rule requirements which does not require survey or corrective action, e. g. exemptions from rule requirements. MOs (or "class memoranda") may be issued relating to items considered to be of no immediate material significance regarding safety, but which may be of use to owners. 

The sequential method, since it requires tanks to be emptied at sea, which could cause loss of stability, as happened to the car carrier Cougar Ace in 2006.

Statutory enforcement notices used in the UK (and some other countries) to enforce (chiefly) health and safety legislation. A Prohibition Notice prohibits an unsafe operation or the use of an unsafe item of equipment, and an Improvement Notice requires specified improvements to bring health and safety arrangements up to regulation standard within a specified period. Non- observance of their requirements leads to a prosecution by the issuing body.

The verification, by a marine warranty surveyor, of the requirements of an insurer specified in a Warranty Clause covering a marine operation, to ensure that all necessary precautions are taken to avoid loss. A survey typically includes review of all relevant documents, condition surveys of vessels and equipment, and approval of marine operations.

MGN 301 contains a specimen Pilot Card (at Appendix 1), Wheelhouse Poster (at Appendix 2) and Manoeuvring Booklet (at Appendix 3).

That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with SOLAS requirements; 

Compensation for a salvor who has carried out salvage operations in respect of a vessel which, by itself or its cargo, threatened damage to the environment but where the salvor has failed to earn a reward under Article 13 of the Salvage Convention at least equivalent to the special compensation assessable under Article 14. It was introduced into the 1989 Salvage Convention as an incentive to professional salvors to stay in the salvage business, since so many were leaving it due to low salvage rewards failing to cover high salvage costs.

A tool on the Paris MoU website which can be used (by any user) to determine whether, according to the generic and historic parameters selected, a ship will be considered a Low Risk Ship (LRS), High Risk Ship (HRS) or Standard Risk Ship (SRS).

Perhaps because of the low value of the ship and cargo he was trying to salve or because the ship sank before he could complete the salvage operations.

Watchkeeping arrangements and principles to be observed. This is divided into the following parts: Part 1: Certification. Part 2: Voyage planning. Part 3: Watchkeeping at sea. Part 4: Watchkeeping in port.

A business entity acting as a local agent for one or more (and often several) carriers, and whose main function is procuring bookings of shipping space from local shippers. Major carriers maintain a network of liner agents in the main cities of countries served by their services.

It will equal his expenses, i. e. out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in the salvage operation, and a fair rate for equipment and personnel actually and reasonably used. It is paid by the shipowner (who will normally be reimbursed by his P&I club).

A code number for the applicable control action. Examples are: 10: Deficiency rectified; 15: Rectify deficiency at next port; 16: Rectify deficiency within 14 days; 17: Master instructed to rectify deficiency before departure; 18: Rectify non-conformity within 3 months; 19: Rectify major non-conformity before departure; 30: Grounds for detention; 40: Next port of call informed; 50: Flag State/consul informed; 70: Classification society informed; 85: Investigation of contravention of discharge provisions in MARPOL.