RIVER HULL HARBOUR AUTHORITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN August 2018 Draft version 2 RIVER HULL HARBOUR AUTHORITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Part Title Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Safety Management . Ris/ Assessment 12 3 Regulation . Management of Navigation 20 1 onservancy 32 3 Pilotage 13 4 Towage 10 2 Dangerous Vessels 0 ivil ontingency Duty 5 Environmental 10 The Safety Management System 12 11 Appendices 33 Approved for issue by City Streetscene Manager. Date of '''''''''''''. issue'''''''. 2 RIVER HULL HARBOUR AUTHORITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Part 1 9 Introduction ontents Section Description Date of Issue 1.1 General 1.1.1 Background 1.1.2 Purpose 1.1.3 Explanation of terms 1.1.4 Description of the River Hull Harbour Authority 1.1.5 Description of the berths 1.1.6 Constitution 1.2 Policies 1.2.1 Introduction 1.2.2 Safety policy for Marine operations 1.2.3 Enforcement Policy 1.2.4 Prosecution Policy 1.3 Principal responsibilities and authorities 1.3.1 Introduction 1.3.2 Duty Holder 1.3.3 Chief Executive 1.3.4 Streetscene Services City Manager 1.3.5 City Engineer - Traffic and Transport Network 1.3.6 Structures, Safety & Emergency Planning Manager 1.3.7 Harbour Master 1.3.8 Bridge Operatives 1.3.9 Designated Person 3 Part 1 9 Introduction 1.1 General Information 1.1.1. Bac/ground The Port Marine Safety Code (the Code) introduces a national standard for every aspect of port marine safety. It aims to improve safety for those who work in ports, their ships, passengers and cargoes, and the environment. It establishes a measure by which harbour authorities can be accountable for their legal powers and duties, that they have to run their harbours safely. The Code requires that every Harbour Authority conduct an assessment of the risks that relate to marine operations and, using the outcome of that assessment, establish a safety management system. 1.1.2 Purpose This Safety Management System has been prepared to manage and control the risks associated with marine operations conducted on the River Hull known locally and historically as The Old Harbour. The system includes the policies and procedures established by the Kingston upon Hull City Council in consideration of its duties and powers. 1.1.3 E:planation of terms This Safety Management System has been written to avoid ambiguity between terms in general use and those that appear in legislation, other documents and publications. Certain terms have therefore been adopted and for the sake of consistency and understanding these terms are described as follows:- The River Hull Used interchangeably to describe: Harbour Authority a) The Harbour of the River Hull (The Old Harbour) the limits of which are defined in Rule 1 of The River Hull Navigation Rules Order, 1957 b) The entity that on a daily basis assumes the duties of the Harbour Authority that being Kingston upon Hull City Council ( in accordance with local legislation and the provisions of the Harbour Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847) The Council Kingston upon Hull City Council 4 The Portfolio Holder The Portfolio Holder responsible for Land and Property from time to time has been delegated by the Leader to be the Member of Cabinet exercising Executive Powers in relation to the Council’s role as Duty Holder The Designated Person The individual appointed from time to time as a person who is suitably qualified and experienced to act as Designated Person and who at the time of preparation of this Code is the Structures, Safety & Emergency Planning Manager The Code The Port Marine Safety Code 1.1.1 Description of the River Hull Harbour Authority. The Harbour is located within the centre of Kingston upon Hull and divides the East and West of the City. There are numerous wharves, staithes, quays, berths and dry docks situated on the river, many of which are now disused and in a state of disrepair. The main industrial heart of the City backs onto the River Hull from the mouth of the Humber up to Sutton Road bridge. Within the limits of the Harbour Authority are found 12 bridges that can be either raised or swung to allow shipping through; these form an integral part of the City’s road network. These bridges consist of 3 pedestrian bridges, 1 railway bridge and 8 road bridges (1 of which is now disused and is secured in the upright position). The first bridge from the mouth of the River Hull is the Millennium Bridge and the last one upriver being Ennerdale Bridge. The Council is legally bound to provide river craft navigation rights and to enable this to happen, bridge access is essential when the crafts` air draft prohibits passage under the bridges. The River Hull is a tributary of the River Humber and runs past Beverley towards Tickton. The Councils legal boundary lies from Sammy’s point, where the River Hull joins the Humber to approximately 6 miles inland to the Northern side of Ennerdale bridge, and also includes the Corporation Pier including the Admirals Steps and the Hull Marina. The tidal height in the Old Harbour ranges from 1.5 metres above ordnance datum on Neap tides to 4.3 metres O.D. on Spring tides. Situated between Millennium bridge and Myton bridge is the Hull Tidal Barrier which protects the City from the risk of flooding on particularly high tides. The tidal barrier is normally lowered when the predicted height of tide at Hull is forecast to exceed 4.3 metres O.D. and is operated by the Environment Agency. The tidal barrier cill is 4.3 metres below ordnance datum. 5 The Old harbour handles approximately 200,000 tons of cargo a year and has around 450 vessel movements annually (principally river barges). The main cargoes shipped through the Port are liquid which consist of petroleum and vegetable products. With the introduction of double skin vessels through legislation, coastal vessel trade has diminished to the extent that the last coaster to enter the Old Harbour was in December 2006. 6 NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF RIVER HULL HARBOUR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF RIVER HULL HARBOUR AREA 7 1.1.3 Description of the berths There are numerous berths along the whole of the River many of which were at the date this document was prepared not in use. There is also a turning basin situated close downstream of Drypool bridge that enables vessels to enter the harbour early on the tide and swing and bring the vessel head to tide and then to proceed stern first upriver to their destination. Listed below are the berths that are at the date of this report useable and/or in operation from the seaward entrance to upriver. Tower Street. Lime Street IBL Lincoln and Hull dry dock. Karlshamns. Forge IBL Fountain Road Seatons Bankside Cargill Anne Watson street Croda, Oak Road 1.1.4 onstitution and Statutory Powers The River Hull is governed by Kingston upon Hull City Council as laid down in statutes. A Royal Charter from Richard II on 4 June 1382 originally granted ownership of the River Hull (from it’s mouth to Sculcotegote just north of Scott Street Bridge) to the City. The Hull Docks Act 1774 (section xiii) deemed the Corporation to be “the proprietors of certain staithes on the west side of the River Hull”, following which the Hull Docks Act 1802 assigned powers to a triumvirate of the Corporation, Trinity House Hull, and the Dock Company for the purposes of constructing a dock at Hull. Further Hull Docks Acts followed in 1805, 1844, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1852, 1854, 1861, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1873, 1877, and 1889 to facilitate the expansion of the Hull dock system with some of these “Special” Acts (post 1847) incorporating various sections of the Harbours Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847. The North Eastern Railway (Hull Docks) Act 1893 amalgamated the undertakings of the Dock Company with the Railway Company but at section 27 the powers and obligations of said Dock Company relating to charging of dues and cleansing and 8 preserving of the channel of the River Hull were transferred to the Corporation (now HCC). The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1922 (s28) extended those powers to “the whole of the river which is situate within the city”. Such powers, and the continued power to appoint a Harbour Master (incorporated inter alia from the HDPC Act 1847 into the Hull Docks Act 1861), were incorporated in the Kingston upon Hull Act 1984. The River Hull (Navigation) Rules Order 1957 (as amended up until 1990) confirms that “the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of the cityIhav authority ov r th wat rsG, d fin s th limits of Burisdiction 9Riv r Humb r to north rnmost boundary of th city: and s ts out th rul s for v ss ls navigating th riv r Th Council is ultimat ly r sponsibl for nsuring th prop r discharg of its duti s and pow rs as a Harbour Authority and is, th r for , th Duty Hold r as d fin d in th Cod . 1.2 Policies 1.2.1 Introduction Th Council r cognis s that an ff ctiv and m aningful 0af ty 1anag m nt 0yst m applying to th Riv r Hull r quir s dir ction and l ad rship with cl arly d fin d and m asurabl obB ctiv s that ar us d to d monstrat complianc with its r quir m nts. Accordingly, a 0af ty Policy for marin op rations has b n stablish d.