The right to suspend operations. If he does so he must notify the appropriate authority of the port State with which the plan has been lodged. The master and the terminal representative must then ensure that corrective action is taken. 

UK oil tankers of 150 GT or above and other ships of 400 GT or above which are not engaged on voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties to the MARPOL Convention. (Some domestic trading ships are nevertheless issued with an IOPPC at the request of their owners.)

Oil companies, traders and governments. 

(1) The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code in respect of dangerous goods in packaged form; 

Yes. Paragraph 13.2 of the ISPS Code provides: "The ship security officer shall have knowledge and have received training, taking into account the guidance given in part B of this Code".

(1) Oil filtering (15 ppm) equipment of a design approved by the flag State Administration; (2) an alarm arrangement to indicate when 15 ppm cannot be maintained; and (3) arrangements to ensure that any discharge of oily mixtures is automatically stopped when the oil content of the effluent exceeds 15 (MARPOL Annex I, reg. 14.2)

An A3-size form with the title "Copy of Crew Agreement" on which the master completes some ship and shipowner details, and then affixes a copy of form ALC 1(d) completed in exactly the same way as the one in the ALC 1 outer cover, including any additional clauses. The ALC 6 is then posted up somewhere where the crew can read it at any time during the voyage (e. g. in the messroom) so that they can readily ascertain the terms and conditions of their Agreement. If there is more than one ALC 1(d) (for different sections of the crew), a copy of each one must be affixed to the ALC 6.

Broadly, ships of 150 GT or over or which are 24 m or more in length.

Internet links to: (1) DfT Guidance to UK Flagged Shipping on Measures to Counter Piracy, Armed Robbery and other Acts of Violence against Merchant Shipping; (2) DfT Interim Guidance to UK Flagged Shipping on the use of Armed Guards to Defend Against the Threat of Piracy in Exceptional Circumstances; and (3) a (dead) link to BMP4 (see below).

When an accident occurs the following persons associated with the ship must notify the Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents (or any Deputy Chief Inspector) as soon as is practicable following the accident and by the quickest means available: 

When the shipping and insurance documents are passed to the buyer, the risk (of loss or damage) is transferred to him. 

Fortuitous accidents or casualties, peculiar to transportation on navigable water, such as stranding, sinking, collision, striking a submerged object, or encountering heavy weather or other unusual forces of nature. The ordinary corrosive action of seawater (which may cause a vessel to leak and founder) is not a peril of the sea, since it is not fortuitous, i. e. it does not happen by chance.

In ships of Classes II, II(A), VIII or VIII(A) only, if the berthing arrangements and trading patterns make launching on one side impracticable, then launching on that side at 3-monthly intervals is not required, but all lifeboats on that side must be lowered at least once every 3 months and launched at least annually.

Sections 1, 2 and 3 deal with the Purpose, Scope and Definitions respectively. 

Masters, officers and ratings with designated duties in the deployment of MES.