UK Updates Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code

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  • The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has the updated Port & Marine Facilities Safety Code.
  • The UK Government has increased to emphasis on third party operated marine terminals and facilities either within or outside a port authority.

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has published the updated Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code, reports Safety4sea.

UK updates Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code

The Code and the accompanying Guide to Good Practice are designed to provide an authoritative resource for UK ports to manage and assess safety risks.

Richard Ballantyne, the Chief Executive of the British Ports Association (BPA), commented: ‘We welcome this important update and support the Government’s drive to increase safety standards across the ports sector. Safety is essential to our industry and the Port & Marine Facilities Safety Code provides an essential framework for the landside and marine interface, which ports oversee. The Code and associated Guide have been developed in an extensive partnership between government and industry and it will be important for our sector to embrace this latest update. This has evolved over the last two decades, resulting in a world leading resource for port operators. We look forward to promoting the Code to ports, harbours and a wide range of marine facilities around the UK and beyond.’

The Code was originally conceived following a review of maritime safety by Lord Donaldson in the late 1990s. The Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) oversees compliance with the Code and carries out health check audits at ports around the UK.

In the latest update, the Government has increased the emphasis on third party operated marine terminals and facilities, either within or outside a port authority. There are also a number of updates to other guidelines and links to recent Marine Accident Investigation Bureau (MAIB) recommendations.

Click here to access the updated Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code, and here for the Guide on Good Practice on Port & Marine Facilities.

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Source: Safety4sea