Department

Records of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Catalogue reference: MCA

What's it about?

MCA

Records created or inherited by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.

Full description and record details

Reference

MCA

Title

Records of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Date

2001-2024

Description

Records created or inherited by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.

Held by

The National Archives, Kew

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)

Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 1998-1998

Physical description

10 series

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Subjects

Topics: Shipping

Administrative / biographical background

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency was established on 1 April 1998 by the merger of the Coastguard Agency and the Marine Safety Agency. Since 2002 it has been an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT).

The primary aims of the Agency are: to prevent loss of life at sea and at the coast; to continuously improve maritime safety and to protect the environment. The Agency is responsible for implementing British and International maritime law and safety policy. This involves coordinating search and rescue at sea through Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG), ensuring that ships meet international and UK safety standards, monitoring and preventing coastal water pollution and testing and licensing ships' officers and crew to international seafaring requirements.

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