A ship is wrecked near the coast: what are the procedures?

flowchart LR
  A["Save life: alarm, muster, distress, MRCC"] --> B["Prevent pollution: SOPEP"]
  B --> C["Report the wreck (s.236)"]
  C --> D["Receiver of Wreck takes custody (s.235)"]
  D --> E["Hazard: owner marks, locates and removes under insurance (s.238)"]
  E --> F["Salvage award: Salvage Convention 1989, LOF"]
  F --> G["Owner's claim or disposal; no plundering (s.240)"]

• Casualty response first: alarm and muster; distress, MRCC, company and DPA; save life, then the ship (flooding, power, pumping, safe grounding); prevent pollution under SOPEP; s.239 protects rendering assistance.
• Report the wreck (s.236) to the authority; s.234 ties the Chapter to the Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention.
• Receiver of Wreck (s.235): appointed by the Central Government, takes possession of the wreck and recovered property; the custodian is the Receiver, not the deputy conservator of ports.
• Hazard and removal (s.238): the shipowner or operator marks, locates and removes a hazardous wreck, backed by compulsory insurance for ships of 300 GT and above; no plundering (s.240).
• Salvage and claims: the Salvage Convention 1989 governs the award, with SCOPIC under a Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF); the owner claims within the statutory period, unclaimed wreck vests, salvage deducted.
• As Chief Engineer: fight for the ship and run SOPEP; as a wreck, support reporting, salvage and removal; the owner, not the State, removes it.