As advised in MGN 387, a vessel may be exempted from the requirements relating to: 

Inability of the ship to reach, stay at or leave a loading berth safely for some reason, e. g. insufficient depth of water, berth obstructions, ice, war, general strike, civil insurrection, quarantine restrictions.

(1) The officer's non-UK Certificate of Competency (with revalidation endorsement, where necessary); 

The Baltic Sea area (as defined in Annex I) and the North Sea area (as defined in Annex V) are designated as ECAs for the purposes of regulation 14 (Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter). The North American ECA for NOx, SOx and Particulate Matter came into effect on 1 August 2012. The United States Caribbean Sea ECA for NOx, SOx and Particulate Matter will come into effect on 1 January 2014.

MGN 458, which was published in October 2012 and replaced MGN 289.

From MCA Marine Offices in the UK, or from Proper Officers (e. g. British Consuls) abroad. They are provided in large brown envelopes containing all the forms and gummed slips to be assembled to make up the Crew Agreement and List of Crew document. An Official Log Book is normally included.

The European Commission wanted to address the issue that while it was possible to prosecute deliberate spills of oil and noxious liquid substances (which are normally very small) under national law implementing MARPOL, the very big accidental spills, such as those from the tankers Erika and Prestige, were not open to prosecution because of the exceptions in MARPOL in respect of discharges resulting from damage to the ship.

A seafarer is entitled to paid annual leave of at least 4 weeks, or a proportion of 4 weeks in respect of a period of employment of less than one year. The leave entitlement may be taken in instalments. It may not be replaced by a payment in lieu except where the employment is terminated.

Where the Safe Manning Document stipulates the requirements for Deck or GP Rating Grade 2 or Engine-Room Rating.

In Section A-VIII of the STCW Code. Part 3 contains the standards for Watchkeeping at sea; Part 4 contains the standards for Watchkeeping in port.

The Merchant Shipping (Guarding of Machinery and Safety of Electrical Equipment) Regulations 1988.

(1) Master - 3, 000 GT or more - no area limit (Reg. II/2.1); (2) Master - between 500 GT and 3, 000 GT - no area limit (Reg. II/2. 3); and (3) Master - less than 500 GT - near-coastal (Reg. II/3.5).

Sea-going UK ships everywhere, and sea-going non-UK ships in UK waters, when loaded or intended to be loaded with any cargo.

In BS8800: 2004 it is defined as "premature death or permanent major disability. E. g. chronic exposure to a workplace stressor (noise, work overload, bullying behaviour) could result in premature death from pulmonary embolism and thus be extremely harmful".

Owners can insert a Waiting for Berth Clause in the charter party, or the words "whether in berth or not", "whether in port or not" or another protecting phrase in the Laytime Clause to make it clear that time can count as laytime once the vessel is at the customary waiting place. The following abbreviations are often used for these protecting phrases: w. i. p. o. n. ("whether in port or not"); w. i. b. o. n. ("whether in berth or not"); w. c. c. o. n. ("whether customs cleared or not"); w. i. f. p. o. n. ("whether in free pratique or not").