Factors considered sufficiently serious to trigger an additional inspection at Priority I.

SOLAS regulation XI-2/8. 2 provides as follows: 

General average acts, general average sacrifices, and general average expenditure.

A ship at a port or anchorage in the Paris MoU region which may be inspected because either the time window is open or the port State control authority considers that an unexpected factor warrants an inspection.

A more detailed inspection must be carried out, including further checking of compliance with on-board operational requirements, if the Port State Control Officer has clear grounds for believing, after the initial inspection, that the condition of a ship or of its equipment or crew does not substantially meet the relevant requirements of a Convention. "Clear grounds" will exist when the PSCO finds evidence which in his professional judgment warrants a more detailed inspection of the ship, its equipment or its crew.

Yes. This can be verified by experimenting with the parameters entered on the Ship Risk Profile Calculator.

(1) A safety and environmental protection policy; 

An agreement reached between a ship and either a port facility or another ship with which it interfaces specifying the security measures each will implement. 

Generally, the master should: (1) follow the pilot's advice unless he has good reason to believe that following that advice will endanger the ship;

A world-wide network of automated emergency communications for ships at sea.

A voyage extends from berth to berth. Passage (or "sea passage") is the phase of a voyage between the seaward limits of pilotage waters at the ports or places of departure and destination, usually denoted by "Full away on passage" and "End of passage" entries in a bridge movement book.

The statement "Carried on deck without liability to the carrier for loss or damage, howsoever caused' or "Carried on deck at shipper's risk", or words to that effect, should appear on the face of the bill of lading. 

A ship which is designed to carry only liquid cargoes in bulk, and in which cargo tanks have only small access openings closed by watertight gasketed covers of steel or equivalent material. The ship will have high integrity of the exposed deck and a high degree of safety against flooding, resulting from the low permeability of loaded cargo spaces and the degree of subdivision usually provided. Type A ships are oil, chemical gas and other types of tanker.

A bill of lading issued with a set of original bills for some purpose other than that of claiming delivery of the goods. It may be a captain's copy or an office filing copy. It should be clearly marked "COPY - NON-NEGOTIABLE". Several copy bills will usually be issued for each consignment.

Whenever, in the event of exceptionally bad weather or sea conditions, the MCA are of the opinion, based on information provided by the Met Office, that there is (1) a serious threat of pollution in UK waters or the territorial sea of any other EEA State; or