Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 103590
Merchant Shipping: Containers
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Alison Griffiths
Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what oversight exists of compliance with cargo securing requirements for container vessels, including how such compliance is monitored and enforced.
Answer
Keir MatherForeign Flagged vessels in UK ports are subject to Port State Control Inspections in line with the Paris Memorandum of Understanding, an Inspection Regime to which the UK is a committed signatory. Cargo securing is subject to inspection at these attendanc...
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