Littlehampton Harbour is a small but busy port catering for yachting, fishing and larger commercial traffic; its jurisdiction covers the mouth of the River Arun to the historic town of Arundel.
The MarNIS ‘Port Assessment Toolkit’ has been designed as a pragmatic marine risk management software package to help the professional mariner, Harbour Master and Port Safety Officer meet and exceed industry standards on risk management. The MarNIS Toolkit provides risk assessment creation and review, accident/ incident logging, and Key Performance Indicator reporting.
Billy Johnson, Littlehampton Harbour Master, commented: “The Littlehampton Harbour Board is committed to running a safe, efficient and welcoming harbour that caters for the needs of the local community, visitors and the environment. As part of a process of continual review and improvement I am extremely pleased to be implementing the MarNIS ‘Port Assessment Toolkit’ with ABPmer. We are a small team in Littlehampton and I look forward to the benefits of improved monitoring, decision making and being better able to link our risk assessment and operating procedures.”
Claire Brown, ABPmer Project Director, said: “We are delighted to be providing this Port Assessment Toolkit for Littlehampton Harbour. ABPmer has undertaken many marine risk management studies for Port and Harbour Authorities. Giving Littlehampton Harbour a version of the MarNIS Toolkit designed specifically for ports that operate in the leisure, fishing and short-sea shipping market offers a tailored approach to risk management.”
The MarNIS Toolkit prototype can be downloaded from the following website link: http://www.abpmer.net/MarNIS/. A customisation service can be provided by ABPmer along with ongoing technical support, product upgrades and help desk facilities.