Yes. Non-prohibited firearms, e. g. rifles and shotguns, can be carried with an exemption from the requirement for a Firearm Certificate.

The first Special Survey must be completed within 5 years from the date of the initial classification survey and thereafter 5 years from the credited date of the previous Special Survey. However, an extension of class of 3 months maximum beyond the 5th year can be granted in exceptional circumstances. ubject to proper maintenance and operation. It is also intended to detect possible damages and to establish the extent of any deterioration.

No. He will be bound to serve for a further period of 42 days from the date of the ship's departure from the UK before being able to give 7 days' notice as in the last answer, provided the minimum 3 month period has expired.

By consulting the quarterly computer print-out received by the owner from the classification society together with the Interim Certificates of Class issued on completion of classification surveys and the Certificate of Class. (This advice is printed at the foot of some LR Certificates of Class.)

Like the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, they are produced and administered by the Comite Maritime International (CMI).

The dates, geographical locations, ship's tank(s) and cargo holds, ballast water temperature and salinity as well as the amount of ballast water loaded or discharged. (BWM Guidelines, 8.1.3)

Under SOLAS regulation II-2/15, which is implemented in the UK by The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations, a fire training manual must be provided in each crew mess room and recreation room, or in each crew cabin.

Where practicable, passengers on Class I passenger ships should be strongly recommended to attend abandon ship drills.

To determine whether the ship, when bound during the ice season for a port in the Baltic or other ice region, will be entitled to the assistance of government icebreakers. (In Finland and Sweden, icebreaker assistance is granted only to ships with an ice class fulfilling daily criteria.)

The charter party may provide for a supercargo to be carried to oversee charterers' interests during the voyage. The usual agreement is that his meals will be paid for by charterers, so records should be kept of supercargo's meals provided.

The Suspension from Work on Maternity Grounds (Merchant Ships and Fishing Vessels) Order 1998 (SI 1998/587).

Only by checking with the employer, who may be able to check with the issuing Administration, since the Administration is required under STCW to maintain a register of certificates issued. (The MCA does not keep records of non-UK certificates, and has no means of verifying their authenticity. )

He must inform the MCA of the reasons for his decision.

No. It is an entitlement for ships meeting certain ownership criteria.

The EC mark of conformity (a ship's wheel symbol) should be on the equipment, or on a data plate attached to it.