Marine Safety Plan

Scottish Canals is harbour authority for Ardrishaig, Crinan and Corpach. In order to comply with the Port Marine Safety Code, we publish a safety management plan covering 3 years.

The purpose of this is to demonstrate our commitment to safe management and regulation of our harbours and how we will carry this out over the next 3 years. It will be refreshed at least every 3 years and reviewed for accuracy annually.

Scottish Canals will publish a copy of our Marine Safety Management Policy on our website at www.scottishcanals.co.uk. This policy details our understanding of, and intention to comply with, the PMSC. This policy is supported by a number of operational standards which make up our Marine Safety Management System. These standards have been reviewed in 2023 and are set to be reviewed at least every three years.

SC Marine Procedures are driven by the standards and policies as outlined above. These cover all aspects of day-to-day operations to ensure all activities are in compliance with the PMSC. Our company wide incident reporting and investigation system allows that these documents are updated should a novel situation arise and require a response, and also in the event of an incident, accident or near miss, we can update the standards to reduce the possibility of recurrence.

We have also identified, with guidance from our designated person, several opportunities to improve the way in which we publicise our compliance with various legislative requirements as well as working on the continual improvement of our marine safety undertakings.