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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.

Documents

UK Marine Equipment Database MarchApril 2026

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 76 AprilMay 2026 + show all updates
  1. April 2026 updated version of Marine Equipment Database.

  2. March 26 version added

  3. February 2026 updated version of Marine Equipment Database.

  4. January 2026 updated version of Marine Equipment Database.

  5. Details section update

  6. December 25 update

  7. November 25 database added

  8. October 2025 added.

  9. September 2025 added

  10. Aug 2025 spreadsheet added

  11. Marine equipment database updated for July 2025

  12. Marine equipment database updated for June 2025

  13. May 2025 version added

  14. Marine equipment database updated for April 2025

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

  16. March 25 version added

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

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

  19. Marine equipment database updated for December 2024

  20. Marine equipment database updated for November 2024

  21. October version added. September version removed

  22. Updated the database to September 2024

  23. Marine equipment database updated for August 2024

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

  25. Marine equipment database updated for April 2024

  26. Latest database 03/24 replaces 02/24

  27. Updated database for February 2024

  28. Marine equipment database updated for December 2023

  29. Novembers update to the database uploaded.

  30. Marine equipment database updated for October 2023

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

  32. Augusts update to the MED uploaded

  33. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - July 2023

  34. Updated database for June.

  35. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - May 2023

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

  37. Database for March 2023 uploaded

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

  39. Updated UK Marine Equipment Database - February 2023

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

  41. Database for the first half of January 2023 uploaded

  42. December's database uploaded

  43. November update added

  44. October 2022 update added.

  45. Uploaded Septembers Database

  46. Updated database for August added

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

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

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

  50. Updated June database

  51. Uploaded UK marine equipment database May 2022

  52. Uploaded UK marine equipment database April 2022

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

  54. 02/22 version added

  55. added January 2022 cvs version of spreadsheet

  56. Attachments updated with Decembers attachments

  57. November databases uploaded

  58. uploaded databases for October 2021

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

  60. Uploading August databases

  61. Uploaded revised UK marine equipment approval databases

  62. June databases uploaded

  63. Marine Equipment Approval Database updated for May 2021

  64. New databases uploaded

  65. Uploaded March 2021 databases

  66. Uploaded February 2021 databases

  67. Uploaded Jan 2021 database

  68. First published.

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