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UKHMA responds to Draft Marine Navigation Bill

24 Jul 2008

The UK Harbour Masters' Association (UKHMA) welcomed the publication this week of the Report on the Draft Marine Navigation Bill issued by the Transport Committee.
Capt. Kevin Richardson, recently-elected President of the UKHMA, gave evidence before the Transport Select Committee at the House of Commons.
Capt. Kevin Richardson, recently-elected President of the UKHMA, gave evidence before the Transport Select Committee at the House of Commons.

The UKHMA had submitted both written and oral evidence to the Committee which sat on 25 June at the House of Commons.

The UKHMA broadly supports the recommendations of the Report regarding qualifications for harbour masters and pilots, pilot exemption certificates and General Directions, albeit that the Association believes that voluntary routes are the preferred courses for the maintenance of the Port Marine Safety Code and for the implementation of National Occupational Standards for harbour masters.

The Association also welcomed the Committee’s recommendation that local lighthouse authorities should not be liable for the inaction of recalcitrant third-party providers of aids to navigation when there is a failure to comply with a GLA inspection or direction.

Read the full story in the August edition of Maritime Journal.

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