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UK marine equipment database

The UK marine equipment approval database is a list of marine equipment which has been granted UK conformity assessment.

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UK marine equipment December 25

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Details

Marine equipment must be UK-approved to be placed on board UK ships. This means it has valid UK conformity assessment certification and carries the Red Ensign - the UK conformity mark for marine equipment. Please see Part I of MSN 1874 as amended for further details.

Equipment covered under the UK-US Mutual Recognition Agreement for marine equipment, approved by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), accompanied by a US declaration of conformity, and affixed with the Red Ensign UK conformity mark is also acceptable. Please see Annex 6 of MSN 1874 as amended for details of what marine equipment categories are covered under the Agreement. Details of the equipment approved by the USCG under this MRA can be found on the USCG CGMIX Approved Equipment Main Page.

Updates to this page

Published 30 December 2020
Last updated 512 January 2026 + show all updates
  1. Details section update

  2. December 25 update

  3. November 25 database added

  4. October 2025 added.

  5. September 2025 added

  6. Aug 2025 spreadsheet added

  7. Marine equipment database updated for July 2025

  8. Marine equipment database updated for June 2025

  9. May 2025 version added

  10. Marine equipment database updated for April 2025

  11. Text within the 'Body' has been updated along with the removal of the 'related content section'.

  12. March 25 version added

  13. File attachment for UK Marine Equipment Database updated from January (01/25) version to February 2025 (02/25) version.

  14. Attachment updated from Rev 12/24 to Rev 01/25.

  15. Marine equipment database updated for December 2024

  16. Marine equipment database updated for November 2024

  17. October version added. September version removed

  18. Updated the database to September 2024

  19. Marine equipment database updated for August 2024

  20. Marine Equipment Database April csv attachment deleted and replaced with Marine Equipment Database July csv attachment

  21. Marine equipment database updated for April 2024

  22. Latest database 03/24 replaces 02/24

  23. Updated database for February 2024

  24. Marine equipment database updated for December 2023

  25. Novembers update to the database uploaded.

  26. Marine equipment database updated for October 2023

  27. Updated with the UK marine equipment database as of September 2023.

  28. Augusts update to the MED uploaded

  29. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - July 2023

  30. Updated database for June.

  31. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - May 2023

  32. Updated database for April to replace the March version.

  33. Database for March 2023 uploaded

  34. Link to MSN 1874 A6 replaced by link to MSN 1874 A7

  35. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - February 2023

  36. Confirmed as an updated version of January spreadsheet for the whole of January 2023.

  37. Database for the first half of January 2023 uploaded

  38. December's database uploaded

  39. November update added

  40. October 2022 update added.

  41. Uploaded Septembers Database

  42. Updated database for August added

  43. Updated link to reflect latest amendment to MIN 590 and some body text removed

  44. Replaces Junes Marine Equipment Database update database with Julys Marine Equipment Database update

  45. Updated link to reflect change from MSN1874 Amendment 5 to Amendment 6

  46. Updated June database

  47. Uploaded UK marine equipment database May 2022

  48. Uploaded UK marine equipment database April 2022

  49. Uploaded March’s update to the UK Marine Equipment Database and deleted MSN 1874 amendment 4, replaced with amendment 5

  50. 02/22 version added

  51. added January 2022 cvs version of spreadsheet

  52. Attachments updated with Decembers attachments

  53. November databases uploaded

  54. uploaded databases for October 2021

  55. Uploaded new versions of UK Marine equipment database sept 2021

  56. Uploading August databases

  57. Uploaded revised UK marine equipment approval databases

  58. June databases uploaded

  59. Marine Equipment Approval Database updated for May 2021

  60. New databases uploaded

  61. Uploaded March 2021 databases

  62. Uploaded February 2021 databases

  63. Uploaded Jan 2021 database

  64. First published.

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