As a Statutory Harbour Authority we have a duty to maintain safe navigational access into our Ports, this is achieved through maintenance dredging.
Overview
As a Statutory Harbour Authority we have a duty to maintain safe navigational access into our Ports, this is achieved through maintenance dredging.
We regularly assess our dredging activities to assess their impacts on locally designated sites and species as well as water quality and have developed Maintenance Dredge Protocol Documents (MDP) for the Port of Liverpool and the Port of Sheerness.
The MDP is a baseline document that collates all dredge activity in the port (both Peel Ports and third party) to assess any potential effects of maintenance dredging on the features of European sites.
Our up to date MDPs for the Port of Liverpool and the Port of Sheerness and their supporting Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessments can be accessed below: