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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Shipping (23 February 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to attract vessels required for decommissioning projects in the domestic offshore oil and gas industry to the UK Ship Register.

Asked by:
Karl Turner (Independent)

Answer

The UK Ship Register (UKSR) in line with Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Business Plan 2018-19 will carry out focused marketing activities to attract quality ships and quality owners. The MCA and UKSR will use their professional knowledge and expertise to implement the recommendations of the Maritime Growth Study to promote the UK Ship Register brand, deliver enhanced customer service and significantly grow the fleet.

One of the UKSR’s main objectives is to increase the tonnage of the UK fleet towards 30 million gross tonnes and to achieve this goal it will support identified key markets, which includes domestic offshore oil and gas as well as offshore windfarm vessels.


Answered by:
Ms Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
5 March 2018

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