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Argyll and Bute Council · 2 March 2023
Back to Argyll and Bute Harbour Board — 2 March 2023 and its agenda
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Designated Person (PMSC): Argyll and Bute Council 02 March 2023 Annual Report to the Duty Holder & Harbour Board
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1 Port Marine Safety Code Port Marine Safety Code ❑ UK National standard for every aspect of port marine safety ❑ The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) require 3 yearly port compliance statements ❑ The Designated Person is an independent function, reporting directly to the Duty Holder ❑ The DP tests the effectiveness of the ‘Marine Safety Management System’ (MSMS) ❑ This assurance process allows the Duty Holder to write to the MCA
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2 Port compliance list ❑ The Department for Transport publishes a list of PMSC compliant ports (here) ❑ The list has 237 ports shown – that is circa 14% overall, representing around 30% of Statutory Harbour Authorities ❑ As an industry measure, inclusion in the list is a key safety credential ❑ As Designated Person – ABPmer confirms that in our view, A&BC is not at this time fully compliant with the requirements of the Code at all marine facilities
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3 DP Activities Activities 2022 ❑ The following DP activities have been completed in the last year: ❑ Attendance at 2x Harbourmaster meetings ❑ Attendance at 1x Board meeting ❑ Duty Holder Training, Sept 22 ❑ Sept 22, 5x assurance visits: ❑ Oban North & South Pier (SHA) ❑ Craignure Harbour (SHA) ❑ Bunessan Pier ❑ Fionnphort Pier and Slipway ❑ Iona Slipway
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4 Oban North & South Pier Recommend: + Acts & Orders relevant to the pier is held & reviewed + Add RA review information to the MSMS + Review of last period objectives (2018-2020) writing & publish
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5 Oban North & South Pier Recommend: + Acts & Orders relevant to Craignure listed + Add RA review information to the MSMS + Add MSMS annexes + Review of last period objectives (2018-2020) writing & publish
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6 Assurance Journey ❑ Competence: the audit identified opportunities for improvement in staff record keeping, training matrix, local competence checks ❑ MSMS: the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all A&BC’s facilities is required ❑ Marine Risk Assessments: a hazard identification and risk assessment process at for all A&BC’s facilities is required
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7 Best practice ❑ The following items were noted: ❑ Duty Holder and all Board members have completed ‘Duty Holder’ training ❑ At Oban and Craignure, all marine RAs were reviewed and in-date ❑ Conservancy: Aids to Navigation exceed the IALA performance standards ❑ The Oban North Pier pontoons, Oban Times Slipway and Oban North Pier are well maintained, managed and run by a dedicated team of harbour operatives lead by the Harbour Master
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8 Future DP Activities Planned activates 2023 ❑ Attendance at A&BC Harbour Masters Meetings: ❑ March ❑ September ❑ Harbour Board presentation Next Audits ❑ September 2023 ❑ Rothesay (SHA) ❑ Port Askaig, Port Charlotte Pier, Bruichladdich Pier
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Thank you for listening Contact Details: Monty Smedley Designated Person (PMSC) Argyll and Bute Council Mob: 07725638281 Designated Person: DP.ABC@abpmer.co.uk www.portriskmanagement.com