Permanent Secretary Jeremy Pocklington has written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP who in return issued a ministerial direction.
The letters relate to funding fire alarms for private and social sector buildings over 18 metres with unsafe cladding and with Waking Watch.
I hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the contingencies fund totalling £5,808,000,000 to enable expenditure on COVID-19 support packages to be spent ahead of the passage of the Supply and Appropriation Act. The schemes include:
Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £4,574,000,000 and additional capital of £1,234,000,000 will be sought in a supplementary estimate for the Department for Transport.
Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £5,808,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.
The cash advance will be repaid upon receiving Royal Assent of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill.
Published 17 December 2020
The Tay Cities Deal reached a major milestone today [17th December 2020] when UK Government Minister Iain Stewart joined partners for an online ceremony to ratify the implementation and financial arrangements for £700 million investment in the region.
The deal is an agreement between the UK and Scottish governments along with Angus, Dundee City, Fife and Perth & Kinross councils as well as partners in the business and higher and further education sectors.
The UK and Scottish governments are each investing £150 million, which will help to leverage a further £400 million of investment from public and private partners. This will be transformative for the region, driving investment, boosting the economy and creating more than 6,000 jobs.
UK Government Minister Iain Stewart said:
Today’s landmark signing will deliver transformative investment to the entire Tay region, including £150 million from the UK Government.
The deal will create thousands of jobs through innovative projects such as cutting-edge forensic science at the University of Dundee and a drone port at Montrose in Angus.
Investments in Perth City Hall transformation and Innerpeffray Library, Scotland’s oldest lending library, will also enhance the region’s culture and tourism offering.
This is the seventh Full Deal we have signed in Scotland and we now have deals in implementation or development for all of Scotland, representing investment from the UK Government of over £1.5 billion.
At the Spending Review in November the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that the UK Government’s funding for the deal would be delivered over 10 years instead of 15, which will help projects to be delivered sooner.
The Tay Cities Deal projects aim to place the region at the forefront of innovation, technology and connectivity.
The UK Government is investing £150 million in 16 projects, all of which are subject to final approval of robust business cases:
For further details please read the full deal document.
During November, there were five new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port.
In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, and in compliance with the EU Directive on Port State Control (2009/16/EC as amended), the Maritime and Coastguard agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month.
The UK is part of a regional agreement on port state control known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU) and information on all ships that are inspected is held centrally in an electronic database known as THETIS. This allows the ships with a high risk rating and poor detention records to be targeted for future inspection.
Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken by surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. When a ship is found to be not in compliance with applicable convention requirements, a deficiency may be raised. If any of their deficiencies are so serious, they have to be rectified before departure, then the ship will be detained.
All deficiencies should be rectified before departure.
When applicable, the list includes those passenger craft prevented from operating under the provisions of the EU Directive on a system of inspections for the safe operation of Ro-Ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft in regular service and amending directive 2009/16/EC and repealing Council Directive 1999/35/EC (Directive EU 2017/2110).
Notes on the list of detentions:
GT: 383
IMO: 9879492
Flag: Norway (white list)
Company: Johnson Marine Ltd
Classification society: Unclassed
Recognised organisation: Unclassed
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: N/A
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: N/A
Date and place of detention: 6th November 2020 at Lerwick
Summary: Three deficiencies with one ground for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01329 – Report of inspection on MLC, 2006 | Missing | Yes |
This vessel was released on 6th November 2020
GT: 32370
IMO: 9668908
Flag: Panama (white list)
Company: First Marine Services Co.Ltd
Classification society: NKK
Recognised organisation: NKK
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: NKK
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: NKK
Date and place of detention: 8th November 2020 at Port Talbot
Summary: Twenty-five deficiencies with two grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Not as required | Yes |
| 15150 – ISM | Not as required | Yes |
This vessel was released on 12th November 2020
GT: 211
IMO: 8964161
Flag: Nigeria (Unknown)
Company: Ambrey Limited
Classification society: Phoenix Register of Shipping
Recognised organisation: Phoenix Register of Shipping
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: N/A
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: N/A
Date and place of detention: 7th November 2020 at Southampton
Summary: Eleven deficiencies with two grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01213 – Evidence of basic training | Expired | Yes |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Not as required | Yes |
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
GT: 211
IMO: 8977699
Flag: Nigeria (Unknown)
Company: Ambrey Limited
Classification society: Phoenix Register of Shipping
Recognised organisation: Phoenix Register of Shipping
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: N/A
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: N/A
Date and place of detention: 12th November 2020 at Southampton
Summary: Twenty deficiencies with five grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01329 – Report of inspection on MLC, 2006 | Missing | Yes |
| 01804 – Electrical | Unsafe | Yes |
| 01199 – Other (certificates) | Other | Yes |
| 10126 – Record of drills and steering gear tests | Not as required | Yes |
| 01326 – Stability information booklet | Not approved | Yes |
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
GT: 56172
IMO: 9307140
Flag: Panama (white list)
Company: Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd
Classification society: Lloyd’s Register
Recognised organisation: Lloyd’s Register
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: NKK
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: NKK
Date and place of detention: 27th November 2020 at Hull
Summary: Twenty-Two deficiencies with one ground for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 15150 – ISM | Not as required | Yes |
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
GT: 22080
IMO: 6417097
Flag: Bahamas (white list)
Company: Global Cruise Lines Ltd
Classification society: DNV GL
Recognised organisation: DNV GL
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNV GL
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: DNV GL
Date and place of detention: 19th June 2020 at Avonmouth
Summary: Six deficiencies with one ground for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Expired | Yes |
This vessel was released on 18th November 2020
GT: 55877
IMO: 8919245
Flag: Bahamas (white list)
Company: Global Cruise Lines Ltd
Classification society: Lloyd’s Register
Recognised organisation: Lloyd’s Register
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNVGL
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Lloyd’s Register
Date and place of detention: 19th June 2020 at Tilbury
Summary: Five deficiencies with three grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Expired | Yes |
| 18204 – Non-payment of wages | Not according to SEA | Yes |
| 15150 – ISM | Not as required | Yes |
This vessel was released on 19th November 2020
GT: 20704
IMO: 8506373
Flag: Bahamas (white list)
Company: Global Cruise Lines Ltd
Classification society: DNV GL
Recognised organisation: DNV GL
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNV GL
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: DNV GL
Date and place of detention: 19th June 2020 at Tilbury
Summary: Two deficiencies with two grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Expired | Yes |
| 18203 – Wages | Missing | Yes |
This vessel was released on 6th November 2020
GT: 63786
IMO: 8611398
Flag: Bahamas (white list)
Company: Global Cruise Lines Ltd
Classification society: Lloyd’s Register
Recognised organisation: Lloyd’s Register
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNVGL
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Lloyd’s Register
Date and place of detention: 19th June 2020 at Tilbury
Summary: Five deficiencies with four grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Not as required | Yes |
| 18203 – Wages | Not according to SEA | Yes |
| 01220 – Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) | Invalid | Yes |
| 15150 – ISM | Not as required | Yes |
This vessel was released on 18th November 2020
GT: 851
IMO: 8801072
Flag: Latvia (white list)
Company: Regulus SIA
Classification society: RINA
Recognised organisation: RINA
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: RMRS
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: RMRS
Date and place of detention: 11th January 2020 at Birkenhead
Summary: Nine deficiencies with two grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 11113 – Launching arrangements for rescue boats | Inoperative | Yes |
| 15150 – ISM | Not as required | Yes |
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
GT: 1412
IMO: 7363217
Flag: Iceland (White list)
Company: Neptune EHF
Classification society: NA
Recognised organisation: NA
Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNV-GL
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: N/A (SMC issued by Flag)
Date and place of detention: 19th July 2018 at Hull
Summary: Ten deficiencies with two grounds for detention
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 02106 – Hull damage impairing seaworthiness | Holed | Yes |
| 07113 – Fire Pumps | Insufficient Pressure | Yes |
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
GT: 1814
IMO No: 8883290
Flag: Russian Federation (Grey list)
Company: Tecoil Shipping Ltd
Classification society: RMRS
Recognised organisation: RMRS
Recognised organisation for ISM DOC: RMRS
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: RMRS
Date and place of detention: 6th June 2018 at Immingham
Summary: Twenty-seven deficiencies with six grounds for detentions
| Defective item | Nature of defect | Ground for Detention |
| 10104 – Gyro compass | Inoperative | Yes |
| 10127 – Voyage or passage plan | Not as required | Yes |
| 15150 – ISM | Not as required | Yes |
| 11104 – Rescue boats | Not properly maintained | Yes |
| 11101 – Lifeboats | Not ready for use | Yes |
| 01117 – International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) | Invalid | Yes |
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
GT: 106.
IMO No: 8944446.
Flag: Unregistered.
Company: Open Window Inc.
Classification society: Unclassed.
Recognised organisation: Not applicable.
Recognised organisation for ISM DOC: Not applicable.
Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Not applicable
Date and place of detention: 4 March 2010, Lowestoft
Summary: Thirty deficiencies including seven grounds for detention
This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2020
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News story
Preparations are well underway on the new integrated test facility for the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor at Winfrith Site.
The large test frame will be used to test and trial key pieces of equipment which will then be used for decommissioning the reactor core.
This includes the performance of the mast mounted manipulator, as well as other key core segmentation equipment and tooling such as the Titan robot, remotely operated diamond wire saws, free standing cutting stations, and a host of other size reduction tools designed and developed by principal contract partner JFN Ltd. The off-site testing frame is based at JFN’s Caithness facility.
Take a look at this time lapse video, which shows at speed the delivery and installation of the central control room, erected from four ISO containers with walls removed, to provide a spacious open control room.
Test facility for Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor installed
Published 17 December 2020