Yes, under a Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA) licence obtainable from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). However, to avoid risks to the environment and distress to families, MMO recommends the scattering of cremation ashes at sea, which can be undertaken anywhere at sea without a FEPA licence.

The Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2722).

(1) By review of the Company's documentation (the SMS); (2) by discussion and interview with members of staff at all levels of the management team holding responsibility for functions within the SMS; (3) by observation of objective evidence (e. g. records, log books, checklists and reports); and (4) by observation of working practices.

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3257), as amended by SI 2010/897 give effect in the UK to the version of MARPOL Annex V in force prior to that adopted in July 2011. 

They are required to be appropriately certificated under The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations and must hold a Type Rating Certificate (TRC). On HSC with gas turbine propulsion they may hold either Motor, Steam or Combined certificates of competency. 

The Rotterdam Rules. (For more questions on these see CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA RULES in Section F. )

Oil and all oily mixtures must either be retained on board for subsequent discharge to reception facilities or discharged into the sea in accordance with the following provisions: 

Civil liability (in relatively few areas) and criminal liability (in numerous areas).

Chapter III. This relates to STCW regulation III as well as Sections A-III and B-III of the STCW Code.

(1) To ensure the vessel's seaworthiness as far as reasonably possible; (2) to look after the cargo; and (3) to issue a bill of lading if the shipper wants one.

Hatchways; openings in the ship's side below the freeboard deck and in the sides and ends of enclosed superstructures; machinery casings, companionways and deckhouses; freeing port shutters; ventilators and air pipes; special fittings for ships marked with timber load lines; any departures from recorded conditions of assignment; positions of load line marks and deck line.

A war zone is a geographical zone declared by marine insurers to be an area of increased risk (to hulls) due to war, strikes, terrorism and related perils (which include piracy). For the benefit of the London insurance market, the Joint War Committee (JWC) periodically updates a list called the Hull War, Strikes, Terrorism and Related Perils - Listed Areas. 

A DCS is for emergency management and is meant to guide the master, step by step, through the necessary procedures to deal with a specified emergency situation or combination of emergency situations.

A Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, unless the ship is on a short international voyage, in which case a short international voyage Passenger Ship Safety Certificate is issued. (The former certificate is issued to most large UK cruise ships, which are Class I ships, while the latter certificate is normally issued to UK ferries operating as Class II ships.)

Standard terms are clauses printed on the charter party form.