UK Ship Register - Fees and Costs

In order to serve on a merchant ship registered on the UK Ship Register the Master and crew must comply with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations.

These require seafarers, working in any capacity on board a UK registered ship, to hold a valid UK seafarer medical certificate (ENG 1) which can only be issued by doctors approved by the UK Ship Register as shown on the link below.

Alternatively, certificates can be issued by approved countries whose standards are recognised as UK equivalent as shown on the link below.

Required Documents

MSN 1797(M) -	Approved Medical Practitioners
MSN 1798(M) -	List of countries whose medical certificates are accepted as equivalent to the UK'
MSN 1765(M) -	Seafarer Medical Examinations System and Medical and Eyesight Standards
MGN 219(M) -	Seafarers Medical Examinations Guidelines for Maritime Employers and Manning Agencies
MSN 1745(M+F) -	Seafarer Vision test: Deck/Dual Career Personnel – Merchant Navy

Where there is a particular need for certificates to be issued in areas where there is little or no access to approved doctors, companies may apply to us for approval of their own doctor to issue certificates for company employees only. Examination facilities must be shore-based as medical examinations are not permitted on board ship.

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