GOV.UK: Navigation safety for UK seafarers
Guidance Navigation safety for UK seafarers Vessel traffic management, electronic nautical publications and safety information for owners, operators of ships, yachts, fishing vessels. Published 1 [...more ]
Harbourmaster Sailing Challenge reaches Oban
harbourmastersailingchallenge 14th July and at last I have "bagged" my first HM of 2020 - Vicki Mckenzie of Oban - Britain's second busiest ferry port [...more ]
Scottish Ports Group elects new Chairman
The British Ports Association has announced that Stuart Cresswell, Port Manager at ABP’s Ayr and Troon, has been elected as chairman of the Scottish Ports [...more ]
Teesport on track to support trade growth as haulier booking system hits milestone
Teesport is celebrating the success of its bespoke Vehicle Booking System (VBS), which has seen over 370,000 appointments created since the system was introduced in [...more ]
ABP Annual Review 2020 promotes sustainable supply chains
Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port owner and operator, published its Annual Review 2020, which celebrates the company’s achievements over the past 12 [...more ]
PLA20: Port of London Authority Handbook 2020
he 2020 Handbook is the ideal place to start if you are looking to move cargoes between the UK's largest centre of population and global [...more ]
ICHCA launches the TT club Innovation in Safety Award 2022
TT Club Innovation in Safety Award 2022 Opens for Entries Following the successful re-introduction of the Award in 2021 with its record number of entries, [...more ]
Fly the Red Ensign September 3 2022
Merchant Navy Day This Merchant Navy Day, 3 September, please Fly the Red Ensign to honour and remember the sacrifices of the, often forgotten and [...more ]
MCA: Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and Local Port Services (LPS) course dates
MIN 554 (M) Amendment 5 Navigation: Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) C0103 and Local Port Services (LPS) course dates 2022-23 This notice sets out dates for [...more ]
GOV.UK: New maritime security strategy to target cyber threats
New maritime security strategy to target latest physical and cyber threats 5-year strategy launched to enhance maritime technology, innovation and security and reduce environmental damage. [...more ]
Update from GOV.UK for: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
MIN 554 (M) Amendment 5 Navigation: Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) C0103 and Local Port Services (LPS) course dates 2022-23 Page summary: This notice sets out [...more ]
MCA: Conditions for harbour access and seafarers’ pay-rates
Daily update from GOV.UK for: Maritime and Coastguard Agency MGN 297 (M) The carriage of defibrillators on ships Page summary: Amendment 1 advises on risk [...more ]
ESPO award 2020: Is your port playing a role in attracting innovation and local start-ups to be part of the port ecosystem?
The ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports is entering its 12th edition. The theme of this year is “Enhancing the port-city relationship by encouraging [...more ]
PD Ports in Live Freeports Discussion
PD Ports COO and Vice Chairman, Jerry Hopkinson, took part in his second Tees Business Leaders Live yesterday alongside the Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, [...more ]
Supercharged Melilla
It’s said that good things come in small packages. The Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, and its port, certainly fit into that category . . [...more ]
COVID-19: EU Commission guidelines on the progressive restoration of transport services
EU Commission publishes a package of guidelines and recommendations to help Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to reopen. Among others, [...more ]
ESPO Port pro of the month: José Luis Cacho (PT)
This month we talked to Mr. José Luis Cacho, President of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve (APS). He told us about his long-term [...more ]
“Hello” from Port of Melilla as their new Handbook is launched
Melilla has always been linked to the sea, since the Phoenicians first established a trading post called Rusadir or Ryssadirum – on the trade routes [...more ]


