Before the ship arrives the agent asks the shipowner or manager for funds to meet the estimated total costs of the visit.

(1) Survey and certification of ships' safety equipment;

The security requirements that could be shared between a port facility and a ship (or between ships); it must state the responsibility for each. (ISPS Code, Part A,5.5)

A sum of liquidated damages charged by owners to charterers for cargo that was agreed for loading but not actually loaded. 

An in-depth examination of: (1) the areas where clear grounds are established;

Reg. V/1-1.

The document is a Record of Particulars Relating to Conditions of Assignment (also called a Record of Conditions of Assignment). 

The ILO 178 inspection which is usually carried out by the MCA at the same time as an external audit of the Safety Management Certificate.

To identify weaknesses in physical structures, personnel protection systems, processes or other areas that may lead to a security breach, and to suggest options to eliminate or mitigate the risks identified. A SSA should consider both strategic long-term issues and short term operational issues and should identify the trading patterns and cargo types considered.

(1) That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with regulation 5 of MARPOL Annex VI; and (2) that the survey shows that the equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and materials fully comply with the applicable requirements of Annex VI.

MGN 92 (Training and Certification Guidance Part 2). This explains the choice of pathways to certification.

The master of a ship bound for a port or terminal must complete the notification form in Schedule 2 of the Regulations (also found at Annex A of MGN 387), and must give the information to the harbour authority before entry of the ship.

It is defined in the ISPS Code as any suspicious act or circumstance threatening the security of a ship or of a port facility or of any ship/port interface or any ship to ship activity. 

Yes: 3 months for a first ban, and 12 months for a second ban. A detention after a second ban could lead to permanent exclusion from EU ports and anchorages.

Yes. The Directive provides: (1) that flag State Administrations of two or more host States involved in a specific survey of the same ship or craft must cooperate with each other; and (2) that the specific surveys must be carried out by a team composed of qualified inspectors of the involved host State(s).