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Port Marine Safety
Code
The BTA welcomes the relaunched Port Marine Safety
Code together with the accompanying Guide to Good Practice.
The relaunched Code was introduced by the Shipping
Minister, Paul Clark MP, in London during October and was the work of a small
committee, drawn from the ports industry, co-ordinated by the Department for
Transport and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency. |
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The BTA were responsible for the writing
of a section in the Guide relating to harbour towage. The importance of towage
in enhancing safety in ports is now highlighted by the inclusion of a much
enlarged standalone Section 9 in the Guide.
It is now the responsibility of the
ports industry to continue to regularly update the Code and Guide, and members
are invited to contribute suggestions to the BTA Secretariat where they
consider that improvements or changes would enhance the towage section.
The Port Marine Safety Guide can be
viewed as a PDF
«here» |
