Efforts should be made to reduce the risk, but the costs of prevention should be carefully measured and limited. 

Yes. A ship may be issued with several CSR Documents in sequence during its time in service, each bearing a sequential number, e. g. "Continuous Synopsis Record Document Number 5".

"When making reports, whether on an ARF or in narrative, the content of the descriptive text is particularly important. Lessons can be learned from the positive as well as negative aspects. 

Flag State Administration surveyors or surveyors of Recognised Organisations.

MGN 395.

The Crown Dependencies include the Channel Islands (the chief islands of which are Jersey and Guernsey, both of which have Category 2 registers) and the Isle of Man, which has a Category 1 register.

The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 require compliance with SOLAS regulation V/28, which provides that ships on international voyages must keep, for not less than 12 months, a "record of navigational activities and incidents of importance to safety of navigation". The record must contain sufficient detail to restore a complete record of the voyage. If not kept in the ship's log book, it must be in another form approved by the flag State Administration.

Yes. Contracting Governments (i. e. party States) may decide to extend application of chapter XI-2 and relevant parts of Part A of the ISPS Code to ports in the State only occasionally serving ships on international voyages.

(1) All terminals in the UK or in UK waters visited by bulk carriers; (2) all UK bulk carriers visiting a UK bulk terminal; and (3) all non-UK bulk carriers visiting a UK bulk terminal, while they are in UK waters.

(1) Existing UK ro-ro passenger ships (keel laid before 1 October 2004) operating regular international services between ports in those European countries not signatory to the original Stockholm Agreement must comply with standards equivalent to those of the Stockholm Agreement by 1 October 2010 unless they operate in sea areas with a significant wave height of less than 1. 5 metres.

The body of UK law contained in Acts of Parliament and secondary (or delegated) legislation, such as Merchant Shipping regulations lied by lower courts when determining cases having similar issues or facts, and must be taken into account by courts of the same rank.

The Merchant Shipping (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2205). Guidance on their requirements is in Chapters 4 and 23 of the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen.

Normally, surveyors of a UK Recognised Organisation (LR, ABS, BV, DNV, GL, NKK or RINA). MCA surveyors or, at the MCA's request, surveyors of other SOLAS Contracting States may also carry out surveys.

A letter of protest holding the ship liable for the contact damage.

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