Transport Committee - Tenth Report
The Coastguard, Emergency Towing Vessels and the Maritime Incident Response Group: follow up: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of 2012-13

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 4 March 2013.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Report

Annex: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to Stephen Hammond MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport

The Coastguard, Emergency Towing Vessels and the Maritime Incident Response Group: Follow up: Government response to the Sixth Report of 2012-13

Role of the Maritime Operations Centre (MOC)

The National Network: National Maritime Operations Centre and Coastguard Operations Centres

Coastguards role at the MOC

Low Level Routine Activity - (e.g. 0630 to 1030 on a typical weekday in Summer)

Higher Intensity Operations With Increasing Activity (e.g. 1030 to 1430 on the same typical Summer day)

Major Incident (say 1430 on the same typical Summer day)

Timing and closure of Maritime Rescue and Co-ordination Centres (MRCCs) and opening of Maritime Operations Centre (MOC)

Local knowledge

Technology - communication links between Shetland, Mainland Scotland and other Maritime Rescue and Co-ordination Centres

Staffing - recruitment, loss of experienced coastguards - talent drain

Emergency Towing Vehicles (ETVs)

Emergency Towing Vehicles and FLAMINIA

Maritime Instant Response Group (MIRG)

Reform of Coastguard Service - ministerial visit to an Maritime Rescue and Co-ordination Centre

More settled future

Annex to the Government reply

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 13 March 2013