MCA surveyors inspect non-UK ships visiting UK ports and terminals in accordance with Council Directive 2009/16/EC, using procedures agreed in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on and additional inspection. For major or multiple deficiencies, a ship may be detained in the UK or refused access to ports in the Paris MoU region. Inspection data are recorded on the THETIS targeting and information system. A monthly list of detained ships is published on the MCA website. (For other questions on port State control, see Section I )

Where a Port Security Officer or some other shore official demands that the ship's watertight doors are kept locked in port in the interests of security, whereas the master requires them to remain operable in the interests of crew safety.

Ships (other than ships of Classes II(A) to VI(A) inclusive), VIII(A)(T), IX, IX(A), IX(A)(T), XI and XII) engaged only on voyages which are not international voyages. (This class includes UK coastal dry-cargo ships.)

The ship's owner or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or bareboat charterer, who has assumed responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner. If a new SOLAS or MARPOL regulation comes into force, for example, it is the Company's duty to implement its requirements.

A Customs officer will compare the contents of the locker with the list on the Ship's Stores Declaration, and if everything is in order will seal the locker for the duration of the ship's stay in port.

Because it may be impossible to ascertain the full extent of the loss or damage when first noting protest, and further facts may have to be added to the original protest.

Passenger ships engaged only on voyages in Category A, B, C or D waters.

Protection from exposure to the one fourth of collision liability that London hull and machinery underwriters traditionally do not cover.

When: (1) the ship is operating at a higher security level than the port facility or another ship it is interfacing with: 

Each diesel engine (other than emergency engines) with a power output of more than 130 kW, installed in a ship built on or after 1 January 2000, and any existing engine of more than 130 kW that undergoes a major conversion on or after 1 January 2000, must have its own Engine International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate (EIAPPC) to certify its compliance with the NOx emission limits of the NOx Technical Code.

Costs of: 

At sea: (1) strict adherence to Collision Regulations; 

The two most significant changes introduced by LOF 2011 are: (1) that awards will be published on the Lloyd's website; and (2) that LOFs must be notified to Lloyd's. Other changes concern arbitration procedures.

All passengers must be listed on a passenger list and will require a passport or other nationality identification document. Non-EEA and non-Swiss passengers whose journey originated outside the Common Travel Area (the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man) may have to complete a landing card.

(1) When the pilot is incapable through illness, drink or drugs, or (2) when the pilot gives orders to the helmsman that would, if carried out, result in a breach of any law.