The likely consequences of a further breach.

Marine pollution information; Information on dangerous goods, including transportation; archived annexes to Transportation of Dangerous Goods; Safety Alerts - Technical; Local Fuel Oil Suppliers List; Control and Management of Ballast Water; Revised MARPOL Annex VI partial impact assessment.

An initial survey is required before a new ship is put in service and before the IEE Certificate is issued, to verify that the ship's attained EEDI is in accordance with Annex VI, and that the SEEMP is on board. A general or partial survey, according to the circumstances, is required after a major conversion, to ensure that the attained EEDI is recalculated as necessary and meets the requirement of regulation 21. There are no requirements for annual, intermediate, periodical or renewal surveys.

SOLAS chapter II/1 regulation 3-4 requires all passenger ships and all cargo ships of 500 GT or more to be provided with a ship-specific emergency towing procedure which must be carried on board for use in emergency situations and must be based on existing arrangements and equipment available on board. IMO guidelines for owners/operators on preparing emergency towing procedures were published in MSC.1/Circ.1255.

The rights to the "mineral and other non-living resources of the sea-bed and subsoil together with living resources belonging to sedentary species" on the continental shelf (but not the resources of the water column above it) are exclusive to the coastal State. Oil and gas exploration and production, and seabed mineral mining can therefore be controlled, generating State income through licences, royalties and taxes.

A flag under which there needs to be no genuine link between the flag State and the beneficial ownership of the vessel (i. e. where the ship's earnings go).

(1) Ships carrying more than 2000 tonnes of persistent oil in bulk as cargo must have a Certificate of Insurance or Other Financial Security in respect of Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (or "CLC") under the 1992 Civil Liability Convention. (2) Ships of over 1000 GT must have a Certificate of Insurance or Other Financial Security in respect of Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (or "Bunker CLC") under the Bunkers Convention.

They must ensure that appropriate documentation, relevant to the cargo and its stowage and securing, which should specify in particular the precautions necessary for the safe carriage of that cargo, is carried on board. 

The Safety Management Code for Domestic Passenger Ships. It applies to any company operating a UK passenger ship of Classes III to VI(A) and to any ship of those classes owned by it or for which it has operational responsibility.

UR A, para. A1.4.2 provides that two of the three required bower anchors must be connected to their cables and positioned on board ready for use while the third anchor is intended as a spare anchor, installation on board not being compulsorily required. Each Classification Society is free to permit other arrangements at its discretion or not to require the spare anchor as a condition of classification.

All candidates for certificates of competency (both deck and engine departments) and all seafarers designated to provide medical first aid.

To clearly define and document the master's responsibility in relation to: 

(1)Cargo ships and MODUs of under 500 GT on international voyages; and (2)all ships (including high-speed craft) and MODUs on domestic voyages.

Where, for example, stability would otherwise be deficient in a ship which initially carried a large quantity of fuel oil but, after an extended period at sea because of the particular nature of its operation and trade, it was necessary to fill the empty fuel tanks with water ballast to maintain stability and safe navigation conditions.

(1) Where the death or loss occurred outside the UK's territorial sea (i. e. beyond a Coroner's or Sheriff's jurisdiction), a "Section 271 Inquiry"; (2) where the death or loss occurred in the territorial sea off the coast of England, Wales or Northern Ireland, a Coroner's Inquest; (3) where the death or loss occurred in the territorial sea off the coast of Scotland, a Fatal Accident and Sudden Death Inquiry (under Scottish legislation).