Food wastes may be discharged into the sea from fixed or floating platforms located more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land and from all other ships when alongside or within 500 m of such platforms, but only when the wastes have been passed through a comminuter or grinder. 

As for a cargo ship, but with the addition of a factor involving the number of passengers in cabins with not more than 8 berths, and the number of other passengers.

Invalidation of statutory certificates. This would have the knock-on effects of making the ship: (1) legally unseaworthy; (2) out of class; and (3) uninsured.

Every employer is required to consult workers or their elected representatives on health and safety matters, and in particular:

They all fly flags which are in the Red Ensign Group, i. e. their national registers are controlled by the UK Department for Transport and they may fly Red Ensigns, either plain or defaced with the registering territory's badge. They are all entitled to the same diplomatic and military protection of the UK Government. Red Ensign Group website: www. redensigngroup. org

Yes, if the insured risks are shared between two P&I clubs. This arrangement is not uncommon with high-value cruise ships. The percentage of risk covered by a club is stated on its Certificate of Entry.

A free-fall lifeboat may be lowered to the water if launching is impracticable, provided that free-fall launching with the assigned operating crew and manoeuvring in the water is carried out at least once every 6 months. If it is impracticable to launch within a period of 6 months, the shipowners may apply to the MCA for an extension to 12 months.

Yes. Negligent navigation causing injury to a passenger is both the tort of negligence and breach of the contract to carry the passenger safely to the port of disembarkation. The passenger may sue the carrier either in tort, or for breach of contract, or both.

(1) Any loss attributable to the wilful misconduct of an assured (although unless the policy otherwise provides, the underwriter is liable for any loss proximately caused by a peril insured against, even though the loss would not have occurred without the misconduct or negligence of master or crew) (e. g. scuttling). 

Crew members of a UK ship are not employed by the master (unless the master also happens to be the shipowner). 

All ships covered by SOLAS chapter IV, i.e. all cargo ships of 300 GT and above and all passenger ships (of any tonnage), when on international voyages.

Continue with all despatch to the delivery place, checking the charter party for instructions. A Cancelling Clause may require charterers to declare whether they will exercise their option to cancel, if they have been notified that the ship will be unable to arrive by the last minute of the cancelling date.

On 1 January 2012 the Manila Amendments entered into force, including (as explained in MGN 448) the amended STCW regulation VIII/1 (Fitness for duty) and STCW Code Section A-VIII/1 (Fitness for duty), which include hours of rest requirements. Also, the 5-year "transitional period" commenced on this date.

Under Schedule 3 A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. (Schedule 3 A was added to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 by the Marine Safety Act 2003.)

Although the Regulations do not require this, chapter 3 of the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen advises that the SO should have attended "a suitable Safety Officer's Training Course".