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<p>The P&O PIONEER was last inspected under the EU Directive, 2017/2110 on “A
system of Inspections for the safe operations of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed
craft in regular service” by the French on 17 November 2023 in the port of Calais.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) carried out general inspections on board
on 2 and 9 June 2023 in the ports of Dunkerque and Dover respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The
P&O LIBERTE was last inspected under the EU Directive, 2017/2110 on “A system
of Inspections for the safe operations of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed craft
in regular service” by the French on 11 March 2024 in the port of Calais. The MCA
carried out a port state control inspection on board on 7 March 2024 in the port of
Dover.</p><p> </p><p>The Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and
High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023 do not apply to these vessels as they
operate to an EU member state. As set out in Regulation 2(a), a regular service is
defined as a service between a port in the United Kingdom and a port of a country
other than an EU member state. The Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger
Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023 apply to all ro-ro passenger
ferries or high-speed passenger craft, which operate a regular service to or from
a port in the United Kingdom either on an international voyage to a non-EU port or
to another UK port in sea areas designated Class A in accordance with the Merchant
Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000. Inspections of foreign
flagged ro-ro passenger ferries or high-speed passenger craft on a regular service
between the UK and a port in the European Union will be carried out under the Port
State Control regime in accordance with Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations
2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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