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Accident register for the North Eastern Railway Company
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Series
Transport Ministries: International Shipping Policy (ISPB Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 212
What's it about?
MT 212
The International Shipping Policy Branch dealt with European shipping policy, relations with international bodies (UN, OECD) over shipping matters, relations with the International Maritime Organisation, the North Atlantic Ice Patrol, legal...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 212
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: International Shipping Policy (ISPB Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1980-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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The International Shipping Policy Branch dealt with European shipping policy, relations with international bodies (UN, OECD) over shipping matters, relations with the International Maritime Organisation, the North Atlantic Ice Patrol, legal liabilities, salvage and shipping related marine pollution.
The first transfer to this series relates to the loss of the MV Derbyshire.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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ISPB
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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133 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2010 Department for Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Department of Transport: 1983 to 1997; Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions: 1997 to 2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions: 2001 to 2002; Department of Transport: from 2002.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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International shipping policy work came into the department with the transfer of the Shipping Divisions from the Board of Trade in 1983 and the ISPB file series was set up shortly after. The parent division of the Branch has undergone several changes in title, but the responsibilities have remained consistent .1983 to 1984: Shipping Policy Division 3; 1984 to 1989: Foreign Shipping Relations Division; 1990 to 1995: Shipping Policy and Foreign Relations Division; 1995: International Shipping Policy Division; 1996: Shipping Policy Division 2.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16623/
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Transport Ministries: International Shipping Policy (ISPB Series) Files
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