Harbour Master
Harbour Masters
Worldwide there are approximately 3,000 merchant ports and the work of the Harbour Master can vary widely from country to country and from port to port even within the same country.

"Extreme Weather Decisions"
Program;
Practical experience of Ports on the West Coast of Ireland resulting from the increasing number of violent winter storms Introduction
EHMC video project, dealing with all issues related to the ship-shore interface
EBA: “Mooring instructions in extreme weather conditions”
CESMA; “Who in the end is responsible for admission decision when entering a port with storms of over force 8”
Maritime Safety and Security Information Exchange Systems
the IHMA “Quality Information Quality Port”
Provision of additional shore moorings
ETA: Extreme weather conditions and tug boat operations
EMPA; “Challenges and limitations for pilots in extreme weather conditions”
On 11 February the PAC published as evidence a National Audit Office memorandum titled:
The award of contracts for additional freight capacity on ferry services
The document is available here: www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/public-accounts/Correspondence/2017-19/Memorandum%20for%20PAC%20-%20The%20award%20of%20contracts%20for%20ferry%20services.pdf
PAC Chair Meg Hillier MP commented: ‘The scrapping of the Seaborne contract, and the NAO review we have published today, raise serious issues which we will explore at our session on progress with Brexit preparations on Wednesday (13 February).
It was announced on 8 February that IMO has launched a new logo for its Women in Maritime programme, as part of its mission to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Programme lead Helen Buni said: ‘The IMO Women in Maritime programme supports the participation of women in both shore-based and sea-going posts, under the slogan Training-Visibility-Recognition’, through a wide range of gender-specific activities. The new logo is just one visible part of the programme and will help women in maritime gain more visibility and exposure throughout the maritime sector and beyond.’
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