Merchant Shipping: Safety
Commons · Question 78077 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Yasmin Qureshi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions ships' captains were given a direction under the Marine Safety Act 2003 between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2024; and if she will list the (a) date, (b) ship and (c) nature of each dire
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 16 Oct 2025
Safety directions are issued under Schedule 3A of the Merchant Shipping Act (MSA) 1995 (as amended); Schedule 1 of the Marine Safety Act 2003 was inserted as Schedule 3A of the MSA 1995 (as amended).In the period in question, ships’ masters were directed ...