The new Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025 entered into force on 5 January 2026, and the revised MSN 1874 Amendment 11 is now available.
Information for: Manufacturers, designers, yards, and owners of UK-flagged vessels.
• The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025 establish the UK system for marine equipment conformity, replacing the 2016 regulations and clarifying requirements for approval, marking and compliance.
• MSN 1874 Amendment 11 updates the UK marine equipment approval standards
Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1280)
The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025 set out the UK conformity assessment system for marine equipment placed on ships registered in the UK. It requires, subject to some limited exceptions, such equipment to be compliant with applicable international or UK standards.
Furthermore, it also explains how such equipment should be assessed for compliance with applicable standards, and it details the offences and other sanctions for non-compliance. This legal instrument aims to simplify marine equipment regulations by consolidating and combining regulatory changes into one piece of legislation, and to provide clarity for industry players. It revokes and replaces the former Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1025). (....)