He must still advise the Receiver of Wreck of the salvage, describing how the goods can be recognized. He will also be required to pay any Customs charges on the goods.

The Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, who is appointed under UK legislation to take control at salvage incidents where there is a threat of significant pollution of UK waters. 

Under section 9. 8 of the ISPS Code, ship security plans are not subject to inspection by officers duly authorized by a Contracting Government to carry out control and compliance measures in accordance with regulation XI-2/9, except in circumstances specified in section 9. 8.1. Section 9.8.1 provides that if the officers duly authorized by a Contracting Government have clear grounds to believe that the ship is not in compliance with the requirements of SOLAS chapter XI-2 or part A of the ISPS Code, and the only means to verify or rectify the non-compliance is to review the relevant requirements of the ship security plan, limited access to the specific sections of the plan relating to the non-compliance is exceptionally allowed, but only with the consent of the Contracting Government of, or the master of, the ship concerned. Nevertheless, the provisions in the plan relating to section 9. 4 subsections. 2,. 4,. 5,. 7,.15, . 17 and. 18 of Part A of the Code are considered as confidential information, and cannot be subject to inspection unless otherwise agreed by the Contracting Governments concerned. (ISPS Code, 9. 8. 1)

(1) The sacrifice or expenditure must be extraordinary. 

No. Several classes of vessel are exempt, including ships putting in solely for bunkers, stores, crew changes, pilots, medical emergencies or because of stress of weather or damage (as long as they do not earn revenue from the call). Many small vessels and harbour craft are also exempt. Ships in ballast are no longer exempt.

MGN 81 strongly urges compliance with the IMO Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens. MGN 363 provides information and interim guidance for use until the BWM Convention has been ratified by the UK and domestic legislation has been made. MIN 283 contained Practical guidelines for ballast water exchange in the Antarctic Treaty Area.

The shipowner; each cargo owner (however many); the owners of the ship's bunker fuel (who are often time charterers); the recipients of the freight at risk (usually the shipowner or time charterers). Where cargo is owned by more than one party, each cargo owner is treated as a separate interest and bears his own share of any general average loss, no matter how small.

The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 require compliance with SOLAS regulation V/26, which provides that within 12 hours before departure, the ship's steering gear shall be checked and tested by the ship's crew. 

That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with SOLAS requirements; 

Yes, if he can prove that the overloading was due solely to deviation or delay caused solely by stress of weather or other circumstances which neither the owner, the charterer (if any) or he could have prevented or forestalled.

(1) The off-going master's hand-over report; (2) the combination number for the master's safe; (3) the current manning (in comparison with the minimum safe manning listed on the Safe Manning Document and the company's manning requirements); (4) the standard of crew competency and training.

(1) All those operations for which mandatory rules and regulations prescribe performance requirements or specific requirements for plans, procedures, instructions, records and checklists; 

(1) Preamble (explaining the purpose and use of the plan and indicating how the ship's plan relates to other shore-based plans); 

A process by which replacement ballast water is pumped into a ballast tank or hold intended for the carriage of water ballast allowing water to flow through, overflow or other arrangements. At least three times the tank or hold volume must be pumped through the tank or hold.

No.