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Modern ports: A UK policy

Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • 1. A new ports policy
  • 1.2. Key points
  • 2. Facing the future
  • 2.1. Ports and the economy
  • 2.2. Devolved ports policy
  • 2.3. The European context
  • 2.4. Port capacity and development
  • 2.5. Better planning for ports
  • 3. Modern management and regulation
  • 3.1 Modern management
  • 4. Safer ports
  • 4.1. Safe port workplaces
  • 4.2. Port marine safety
  • 4.3. Training
  • 4.4. Port state partnership
  • 4.5. Oil pollution response
  • 4.7. Port security
  • Annex 1 - specific initiatives
  • Next

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