Compliance Drive for Ports and Marine Facilities Launches across UK

02 January 2026

On January 1, the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) launched a compliance exercise for the Ports and Marine Facilities Safety Code (PMSC). The code aims to establish a foundation for safe and efficient maritime operations, and it provides a framework to ensure the safety of people, vessels, cargo, and the environment in relevant facilities regardless of size. This compliance exercise is for enforcing standards and sets up a culture of safety in ports and maritime facilities, and an invitation to encourage all stakeholders to demonstrate their compliance with the code will be live for three months until March 31, 2026. A member of MCA said that this exercise was a preemptive opportunity for ports and maritime facilities to review, assess, and demonstrate their compliance with the code, and it was not just about meeting standards but also about setting up a culture of safety in the maritime sector.  

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New Reports on the Safety of Ammonia and Hydrogen as Fuels in Shipping

14 January 2026

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently released two final reports on the series of studies conducted to investigate the safety of hydrogen and ammonia as a fuel in shipping. The studies aim to help with a sustainable transition in the shipping sector. The reports include the analysis results of characteristics and properties of hydrogen and ammonia, respectively. The series of studies on hydrogen provides a framework for what risks should be considered and mitigated when hydrogen is used as a vessel fuel. In addition, these studies encompass not only the result of risk analysis of two general hydrogen fuel system designs but also two types of hydrogen-fueled vessel – a platform support vessel with compressed hydrogen stored above deck and a service operation vessel with liquefied hydrogen stored below deck. 

In the meantime, the studies on ammonia include an evaluation of ammonia fuel systems as well as the study results of the risk and operability of ammonia fuel supply systems. They also include the results of test use of ammonia as fuels in a Newcastlemax dry bulk carrier and a mega ro-ro. The final reports consolidate the findings and recommendations, which can be used for developing future regulations in relevant sectors.   

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