The ‘Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code’ (as revised and renamed in April 2025) sets out a national standard for every aspect of port and marine facility safety. Its aim is to enhance safety for everyone who works in, or uses, ports, harbours, marinas and other marine facilities.
Recognising the significant differences in the role, powers, duties, responsibilities and risks that different organisations have and manage, the Code is intended to be sufficiently flexible to enable its principles to be applied in a manner proportionate to local requirements.
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For Whitehaven Harbour and all areas within its Statutory Harbour Limits, the Board of Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners is the “Duty Holder” under the Ports and Marine Facilities Safety Code (PMSC) obligation. Trustees are collectively and individually accountable for maintaining compliance with the PMSC and their performance in ensuring the safety of marine operations and that the relevant regulatory duties and powers are discharged in accordance with the PMSC while retaining the strategic oversight and direction of port governance and safe marine operations.
An independent "Designated Person" is appointed by the Commissioners to provide assurance directly to the Board that the Marine Safety Management System, for which the Duty Holder is responsible, is working effectively.