Acknowledge receipt of the instructions on change of the security level. (ISPS Code, Part A, 7. 5)

If the activities are not carried out solely by the crew under the direction of the master and are liable to expose persons other than the master and crew to risk to their health and safety. Examples might be where shore-based contractors are carrying out fumigation or repairs or maintenance work on board. (Possibly for this reason, the Safety Management System of many UK shipowners and operators still requires compliance with COSHH. )

Ready both physically and legally, i. e. with hatches prepared for receiving the cargo, the vessel cleared customs and other formalities, any required survey carried out and passed.

Passenger ships of Classes I, II, II(A) and III. These ships must hold a Muster List Approval Document issued by the MCA.

The ship would not be in class, which would mean that she is not seaworthy in the view of courts, insurers, and the flag State Administration.

In the case of activities involving periods of work that are split up over the day or of short duration.

A scheme introduced by the UK Government in 2002 to attract foreign owners to the UK flag.

The 1987 capsize of the UK ro-ro/passenger ferry Herald of Free Enterprise due to the bow doors being left open when the ship went to sea. The Formal Investigation identified a lack of a safety culture in both the shore-side and shipboard management, and its report found that "from top to bottom the body corporate was infected with the disease of sloppiness".

Yes. A vessel which has suffered damage may be specially considered and permitted to sail on a single voyage to effect repairs. In this case the existing certificate will be cancelled and a short term certificate which stipulates any special conditions will be issued for the single voyage.

The shell, including bottom and bow plating, keel, stern, sternframe and rudder; parts of the structure particularly liable to excessive corrosion or deterioration due to chafing or lying aground, and any undue unfairness of bottom plating; clearances in rudder bearings; sea connections and overboard discharge valves and their attachments; propulsion pods; propellers, sternbush and sea connection fastenings; gratings at sea inlets; clearance in the sternbush or efficiency of the oil glands.

Forth, Clyde, Yarmouth, Liverpool, Thames, Swansea, Brixham and Portland MRCCs will close progressively by 31 March 2015. The centre at Solent will be replaced by the new Maritime Operations Centre. The other MRCCs (Aberdeen, Shetland, Stornoway, Belfast, Holyhead, Milford Haven, Falmouth and Humber) will become Coastguard Centres.

A pilot has been defined (in section 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894) as "any person not belonging to a ship who has the conduct thereof'. This makes him rather more than a simple adviser, and UK courts tend to take the view that a pilot's advice should be followed on account of his specialised local knowledge and special skill.

Any deviation in saving or attempting to save life or property at sea, or any reasonable deviation, will not be an infringement or breach of the Hague-Visby Rules or of the contract of carriage, and the carrier will therefore not be liable for any resulting loss or damage.

Ship's name; call sign; IMO number; flag state; 

The P&I Bunker Deviation Clause, the aim of which is to protect the shipowner from legal action by the cargo owners for deviation and delay. (For another question on this clause, see Section F. )