Department for Transport
 
 

A to Z Areas of Interest - Contact Details

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Anti-fouling

023 8032 9503

Appeals - Medical

023 8032 9247

Application Forms- Seafarers

023 8032 9231

Automatic Identification System (AIS)

023 8032 9536

B

Ballast Water

023 8032 9481

Bill of Sale

029 2044 8866

Boatmaster Licences

029 2044 8844

Breaches of Merchant Shipping Act 1995

023 8032 9270

British Seaman Cards

029 2044 8844

Bulk Carriers

023 8032 9481

C

Cargo Ships

023 8032 9124

Charts

023 8032 9341

Chemical Tankers

023 8032 9392

Chief Executive

023 8032 9102

Civil Contingency

023 8083 9644

Channel Navigation Information Service

013 0421 8500

Coastguard Rescue Service

023 8032 9487

Certificate of Competency Revalidation

023 8032 9231

Codes of Practice

023 8083 9640

Code Vessels

023 8083 9640

COLREGS

023 8032 9316

Consents

023 8032 9523

Containers

023 8032 9141

Contingency Plans - Ports & Harbours

023 8032 9525

Counter Pollution and Response

023 8032 9525

Courses

023 8032 9231

Crew Accommodation

023 8032 9549

Crew Relief

029 2044 8821

Customer Satisfaction Surveys

023 8032 9396

D

Dangerous Cargo

023 8032 9141

Data Protection

023 8032 9282

Deaths onboard Ship

029 2044 8800

Disability and Reduced Mobility Access

023 8032 9120

Discharge Books

029 2044 8844

Discharge of Seafarers

023 8032 9246

Doctors (Approved)

023 8032 9249

Dredgers

023 8032 9124

Drug and Alcohol - Seafarers

023 8032 9216

E

Emergency help
999 and ask for the Coastguard
Enforcement

023 8032 9270

ENG 1 - Seafarer Medical Examination Certificate

023 8032 9249

Engineering - Certification

023 8032 9231

Ensign

019 1496 9917

Environmental Protection

023 8032 9481

EPIRB Registration

013 2621 1569

Estates

023 8032 9359

EU Twinning

023 8032 9357

Evacuation Systems

023 8032 9120

Examination & Certificates

023 8032 9231

Eyesight Standards

023 8032 9390

F

Fatigue

023 8032 9216

Feedback

023 8032 9396

Firefighting Appliances

023 8034 1962

Fire protection and detection

023 8032 9119

Fishing

023 8032 9154

Fishing Register

029 2044 8855

Fishing Safety Helpline

0845 601 4072

Fishing Vessel Manning (Deck or Engineering)

023 8032 9231

Fishing vessel registration

029 2044 8855

Flares (out of date)

Click here

Formal Safety Assessment

023 8032 9216

G

Genealogy (HMCG)

020 8876 3444

GMDSS - certificates

023 8032 9231

H

Hazardous substance - spill

023 8032 9407

Headquarters MCA

023 8032 9100

Health & Safety  of Seafarers

023 8032 9246

High Speed Craft

023 8032 9127

Hours of Work

023 8032 9216

Hovercraft

023 8032 9324

Hydrography

023 8032 9341

I

Initial Assessment

023 8032 9231

'Inland Waterways except Boatmaster Licences

023 8032 9209

Inspection

023 8032 9343

International Liaison

023 8032 9357

J

Jetskis legislation

023 8032 9133

K

L

Lantern Tests

Hull MO
Aberdeen MO
Southampton MO

Large Yachts

0191 496 9917

Legal

023 8032 9342

Leisure Craft

023 8083 9640

Life Jackets
    Lifejacket Awareness Campaign

023 8083 9641
023 8032 9206

Life Saving Appliances

023 8083 9641

M

M Notices

023 8032 9391

MAIB

023 8039 5500

Marine Offices - East of England

see website

Marine Offices - Scotland and Northern Ireland

see website

Marine Offices - Wales and West of England

see website

Maritime Colleges

023 8032 9231

Marine Mortgages

029 2044 8866

Medals

029 2044 8844

Medical

023 8032 9390

Merchant ship registration

023 8032 9197

ML5 - Boatmaster & RYA Licence Medicals

023 8032 9249

Maritime Labour Convention

023 8032 9216

N

Navigation Safety

023 8032 9437

Navigation Warnings

023 8032 9135

Notices of Eligibilty

023 8032 9231

O

Oil Spills

023 8032 9544

Oral Exams

Local Marine Office

P

Passenger Ships - domestic

023 8032 9129

Passenger Ships - international

023 8032 9519

Passenger Ship Manning (Deck or Engineering

023 8032 9231

Pilot Boat Construction

023 8032 9115

Pilots (Marine)

023 8032 9394

Pleasure vessel registration

029 2044 8866

Port State Control

023 8032 9343

Ports

023 8032 9394

Press and Publicity
    Press Releases

023 8032 9401

Prevention

023 8032 9323

Prosecutions

023 8032 9270

Q

R

Radar

023 8032 9463

Radio

  Please note that the MCA does not deal with radio licences.
  For radio licence enquiries, please contact OFCOM

023 8032 9356

Receiver of Wreck

023 8032 9474

Recreational Sector: Accident Prevention

023 8083 9661

Recruitment

023 8032 9309

Red Ensign

023 8032 9455

Registration of Births & Deaths

029 2044 8844

Registry of Shipping and Seamen

029 2044 8800

Research Projects

023 8032 9299

SS Richard Montgomery

023 8032 9474

RNLI

0845 122 6999

S

Safe Manning

023 8032 9231

Salvage

023 8032 9474

Seafarer Training and Certification

023 8032 9231

Search and Rescue

023 8032 9332

Seaside Rescue

023 8032 9414

Seasmart

023 8032 9414

Ship Inspections

023 8032 9343
 or  
023 8032 9518

Ship Security & Plans

023 8032 9511

Ship Survey

023 8032 9213

Ship's Doctor Requirements

023 8032 9390

Ship-to-Ship Transfers

023 8032 9544

Small Ships Register

029 2044 8813

SMarT

023 8032 9231

Spillage

023 8032 9525

STCW 95

023 8032 9231

Superyacht Surveys

0191 496 9917

Sustainable Shipping

023 8032 9481

T

Tankers - Chemical & Liquid Gas

023 8032 9392

Training - Seafarers

023 8032 9231

U

UK Ship Register

023 8032 9197

V

Vessel Traffic Management

023 8083 9645

W

Weather (Maritime)

023 8032 9135

Whales

023 8032 9474

Wind Farms

023 8032 9523

Workboat Construction

023 8032 9115

Workboat Manning (Deck or Engineering)

023 8032 9231

Wrecks

023 8032 9474

X

Y

Yacht Construction

023 8032 9115

Yacht Manning

023 8032 9231

Z