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The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) is set to increase its fees for the first time in over ten years – giving it the flexibility to invest further in the services it provides to the maritime sector.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that Five foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Green performance indicators in the ICS performance table. Paris MOU endorsement and our fleet now tops 16.5 million GT for the first time since June 2013.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Brian Johnson to replace Sir Alan Massey as the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s new Chief Executive.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A bell from a world war one shipwreck which took the lives of more than 600 South Africans has been returned to the South African people over a century after the ship sank.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during July 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Newquay Coastguard helicopter turned airborne maternity unit when a baby boy was born whilst the helicopter was in flight, 1400ft over Penzance, Cornwall.
Members of the boating community are encouraged to ‘have their say’ on the maritime & coastguard agency’s new code of practice for Intended pleasure vessels.
Fishermen across the country have been urged to sign up to a new safety code, in a bid to make careers at sea safer for the UK’s fishing community.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eleven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during June 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) have today joined forces to reveal RYA SafeTrx as HM Coastguard’s new official voluntary safety identification scheme.
Footage of a coastguard helicopter rescue of two boys in the 'nick of time' clinging to a rock in the sea at Hopeman East Beach.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that seven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during May 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Return of the popular sixties characters in a new MCA safety film.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) ran a special event to test the use of drones.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that six foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during April 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Looking back at a positive year of UK Flag Growth, London International Shipping Week (LISW) and the members of the UK Ship Register team.
Announces the publication of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) business plan for 2018 to 2019.
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