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All times have been corrected to local

Tides on: 25/04/2024

Sunrise 05:49

Sunset 20:17

HW 01:03 4.5m

LW 06:17 1.0m

HW 13:19 4.4m

LW 18:32 1.0m

SP NP 3.5m 80%

Safety and regulations

This section includes the port's Safety and Envrionmental Management System, policies, codes and plans, used to manage the port safely.

Safety and regulations

How do we maintain safety in the port?

KHM Portsmouth will:

Maintain an effective Safety and Environmental Management System based on continuing, formalised assessment
Regularly review the effectiveness of Directions in respect of navigational safety
Monitor and direct vessel traffic within the port's designated VTS area
Provide an appropriate level of Admiralty Pilotage Service to MOD vessels
Verify the fitness for purpose of vessels employed by the KHM
Ensure PEC holders are conversant with local-rules, regulations and procedures
Ensure regular hydrographic surveys are conducted where appropriate and publicise the results
Notify and mark, or as appropriate, remove sunken vessels and other obstructions that are a hazard to safe navigation
Provide effective management and co-ordination of responses to emergencies within port limits
Monitor the navigational safety of all organised marine events and works within the port limits
Consult with port users and other stakeholders in respect to navigational safety issues and proposed changes

Read Our Navigational Safety Policy

Further information

Harbour patrols

The patrols include the Volunteer Harbour Patrol who are on the water during the summer months, KHM Patrol which runs throughout the year conducing safety and enforcement patrols, and the Ministry of Defence Police Marine Unit who are responsible for the security of the port.

Safety policies and codes

This section includes the port's Safety and Environmental Management System, policies, codes and plans, used to manage the port safely.

Pilotage

An agreement between the harbour authorities means that vessels requiring pilotage to transit between the outer reaches of the Solent and a particular port are to follow the pilotage direction for that port.

Regulations

KHM's powers derive from two pieces of enabling legislation. They are the Dockyard Port Regulations Act of 1865, which covers general powers for all KHM's in Dockyard Ports and the more specific Dockyard Port of Portsmouth Order of 2005.

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