Category 1 registers, on which any ship may be registered, without restriction as to tonnage, type or length; and Category 2 registers, on which passenger ships, pleasure vessels of more than 150 tons, and other ship types which are of more than 150 tons may not be registered.

Not to give statements to anyone without his authorisation. (The identity of all visitors should be established with the help of the P&I club correspondent, and his advice should be taken as to who to make statements to.)

Naval auxiliaries and other State-owned non-commercial ships.

In MGN 158 and in MSN 1754.

(1) Any ship embodying features of a novel kind if the development of those features and their incorporation in ships on international voyages might be seriously impeded if the ship had to comply with all the requirements of the Regulations; 

Gross misconduct.

Yes, the Regulations require the Company to make rules for the election and appointment of safety representatives.

The Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001. They give effect in the UK to Council Directive 1999/35/EC. Guidance on the Regulations and Directive is in MGN 171.

(1) Every tanker of 150 GT or more; and (2) every non-tanker of 400 GT or more.

(1) On board the ship, for at least two years after the last entry has been made; and (2) thereafter in the Company's control for a minimum of three years.

An organisation that establishes and applies technical standards in relation to the design, construction and survey of marine-related facilities including ships and offshore structures. (IACS publication Class, What, Why and How?)

No. For most ships, the P&I club Certificate of Entry will meet the requirements of the Regulations, if it incorporates the registered owner's name and principal place of business.

Transport Canada (which administers the Canadian Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations (CASPPR)); and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS).

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/323). The Regulations implement an EC Directive. MCA guidance on their requirements is in MGN 408 and Chapter 27, para. 27. 9, of the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen.

Witness statements; radar plots; charts in use; chart correction records; navigational publications in use (and records of their correction); copies of logs of communications with other stations (including shore stations); voyage data recorder, if fitted; records of weather, tide, current, visibility, etc. Any video or still film, or even sketches, would also probably be useful.