Maritime and the environment

Guidance and regulation

Disposing of unwanted distress flares
- Detailed guide
- 1 January 2023
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Department for Transport
National Contingency Plan (NCP)
- Guidance
- 9 July 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Marine pollution (MARPOL) annex II surveyors
- Guidance
- 7 July 2025
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
MGN 664 (M+F) Amendment 1: Certification process for vessels using innovative technology
- Guidance
- 22 September 2023
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Prevent pollution and reduce harmful emissions at sea
- Detailed guide
- 22 November 2017
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Evaluating UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions
- 25 March 2025
- Department for Transport
- Research
Exercise Phoenix
- 7 October 2022
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Transport, and Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
- Research
Marine pollution survey conducted by ACOPS
- 8 September 2022
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Research
Decarbonising transport: one-year-on review
- 14 July 2022
- Department for Transport
- Research
Tees Valley multi-modal hydrogen transport hub
- 17 March 2021
- Department for Transport
- Research

Consultation on draft merchant shipping (anti-fouling systems) regulations 2024
- 29 February 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 11 December 2023
Consultation on amendments to the merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 and the merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by sewage from ships) regulations 2020.
- 20 February 2024
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 13 November 2023
Net zero ports: challenges and opportunities
- 23 June 2025
- Department for Transport
- Closed call for evidence
Decarbonising smaller vessels
- 25 March 2025
- Department for Transport
- Open call for evidence
Maritime decarbonisation strategy
- 25 March 2025
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

Multi-year clean maritime demonstration competition
- 24 January 2025
- Department for Transport and Innovate UK
- Transparency
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition winners
- 11 September 2023
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
MCA: Annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018
- 19 July 2018
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Corporate report
Total greenhouse gas emissions from transport
- 26 February 2015
- Department for Transport
- Transparency