撸sir视频 and Bute Council has achieved a national good practice standard for its ports and harbours.
The Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC) sets out a national safety standard covering different aspects of running ports and harbours, and represents 鈥榞ood practice鈥 as recognised by a wide range of industry stakeholders.
The Department for Transport publishes a list of compliant ports every three years, and 撸sir视频 and Bute can now be included in the next edition.
The current list of more than 230 ports, published by The Department for Transport as complying with the Code, represents around 14% of UK ports and 30% of Statutory Harbour Authorities.
Achieving the standard involves an independent assessor, or Designated Person, carrying out assurance audits of ports and harbours.
During their assurance audit in 撸sir视频 and Bute, the Designated Person highlighted examples of 鈥楤est Practice鈥 including operations at Rothesay Harbour.
Chair of the Harbour Board, and Policy Lead for Roads and Transport, Councillor Andrew Kain, said: 鈥淚鈥檓 immensely proud of everyone in marine operations who worked to achieve PMSC compliance.
鈥淥ur ports and harbours play a key role in connecting our island communities to the mainland and in driving our tourism economy. It鈥檚 important that residents, businesses and visitors have the comfort of knowing our marine assets are operated professionally and to the highest safety standards.鈥