Stakeholders

Port Skills and Safety (PSS)

The aim of PSS is to encourage and promote high standards of health and safety and a highly skilled workforce within the ports industry. PSS is core funded through subscriptions, and is open to all port related organisations.

It has a leading role in:

• production and publication of industry specific guidance material. It has recently produced a series of ‘Health & Safety in Ports’ guidance documents on a range of port issues;
• organising the Port Skills and Safety Group (PSSG);
• developing National Occupational Standards for the industry; and
• providing technical advice on any issues relating to health, safety, skills and standards in the ports industry.

• Port Skills and Safety website

Maritime Skills Alliance

The Maritime Skills Alliance (MSA) was formally established in January 2004, and brings together the Fish Catching, Marine Leisure, Ports and Shipping industries in a strategic alliance to focus on the skills needs of the maritime sector.

• Maritime Skills Alliance

Department for Transport (DfT)

The Department for Transport was set up to provide a stronger focus on delivering the Government's transport strategy. Their role is to set strategy and policy context, and to manage relationships with the delivery agencies.

The Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch [MAIB] are part of DfT. HSE works closely with both organisations in areas of shared interest and where the expertise of one organisation can assist the other. The work of MAIB in accident investigation is to discover the cause with a view to preserve life and avoid accidents in the future. It does not apportion blame. MCA was created by a merger of the Marine Safety Agency and HM Coastguard.

• Department for Transport (DfT)

Trade Unions

HSE seeks to work with trade unions to improve standards of health and safety at work. In the Ports Industry this is primarily Nautilus UK, and Unite.