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A guide to good practice on port and marine facilities

This guide supplements the Port Marine Safety Code and contains guidance on issues relevant to the management of ports and other marine facilities.

Updates to this page

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published:
7 January 2013
Last updated:
15 April 2025
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  1. Publication of the 2025 edition of the guide to good practice.

  2. New document added - links were not working previously

  3. A new document attached

  4. New document added

  5. 2018 version uploaded

  6. Updated guide attached

  7. Guidance updated to include increasing the scope to non-statutory harbour authorities and support for the 10 ‘key principles’ from the 'Port marine safety code'.

  8. Updated version of guide to good practice on port marine operations published.

  9. Guidance revised at section 9.3.11.

  10. First published.

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A guide to good practice on port and marine facilities

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Annex A: Port Marine Safety Code Aide-memoire

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Details

Useful information and detailed guidance on the management of ports and other marine facilities.

It is intended to supplement the Port Marine Safety Code.

The code and this guide are applicable both to statutory harbour authorities and to other marine facilities which may not necessarily have statutory powers and duties.

Examples of trends, enhancements and best practices in port marine safety code compliance are outlined in the Port Marine Safety Code - Health Check Findings 2021 to 2023.

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