Table 56: Hazard risk assessment summary (OUV categories are provided in section ) No Activity or Impact OUV Consequence Current Controls Post Management Risk Element Category Current Controls Consequence Likelihood Risk Proposed Treatment / Consequence Likelihood Risk Level Management Level Anchoring Disturbance to 2 Ecosystem Partial controls Insignificant Almost Medium Aggregate anchorages Insignificant Almost Medium 1 seabed applied through certain at each port, selection certain – damaged or use of designated of suitable anchorage disturbance to anchorages to sites benthos minimise area and type of potential impact 2 Ship Disturbance to 2 Ecosystem Partial controls Insignificant Almost Medium Aggregate anchorages Insignificant Unlikely Low breaking seabed damage applied through certain at each port, selection – anchor or disturbance to use of designated of suitable anchorage benthos from anchorages to sites anchor/chain drag minimise area and type of potential impact 3 Ship Disturbance to 2 Ecosystem Partial controls Major Rare Medium Aggregate anchorages Major Rare Medium breaking seabed damage applied through at each port, selection – anchor or disturbance to use of designated of suitable anchorage benthos from anchorages and sites taking account of grounding harbour master collision/grounding risk direction to minimise area and type of potential impact 4 Anchoring Disturbance to 3 Ecosystem None Insignificant Almost Medium Aggregate anchorages Insignificant Almost Medium seabed - certain at each port, selection certain generation of of suitable anchorage minor turbidity sites 5 Ship Disturbance to 3 Ecosystem None, however Insignificant Possible Low Aggregate anchorages Insignificant Possible Low breaking seabed habitat not at each port, selection – anchor generation of predicted to be of suitable anchorage minor turbidity detrimentally sites affected 6 Anchoring Disturbance to 1 Ecosystem None Insignificant Rare Low Aggregate anchorages Insignificant Rate Low seabed change at each port, consider – in seabed all users, selection of topography suitable anchorage sites 7 Ship Disturbance to 1 Ecosystem None, however Insignificant Unlikely Low Aggregate anchorages Insignificant Unlikely Low breaking seabed change habitat no at each port, consider – anchor in seabed predicted to be all users, selection of detrimentally suitable anchorage
Table 56: Hazard risk assessment summary (OUV categories are provided in section ) No Activity or Element Impact OUV Consequence Category Current Controls Post Management Risk Current Controls Consequence Likelihood Risk Level Proposed Treatment / Management Consequence Likelihood Risk Level 1 Anchoring Disturbance to seabed – damaged or disturbance to benthos 2 Ecosystem Partial controls applied through use of designated anchorages to minimise area and type of potential impact Insignificant Almost certain Medium Aggregate anchorages at each port, selection of suitable anchorage sites Insignificant Almost certain Medium 2 Ship breaking anchor Disturbance to seabed – damage or disturbance to benthos from anchor/chain drag 2 Ecosystem Partial controls applied through use of designated anchorages to minimise area and type of potential impact Insignificant Almost certain Medium Aggregate anchorages at each port, selection of suitable anchorage sites Insignificant Unlikely Low 3 Ship breaking anchor Disturbance to seabed – damage or disturbance to benthos from grounding 2 Ecosystem Partial controls applied through use of designated anchorages and harbour master direction to minimise area and type of potential impact Major Rare Medium Aggregate anchorages at each port, selection of suitable anchorage sites taking account of collision/grounding risk Major Rare Medium 4 Anchoring Disturbance to seabed - generation of minor turbidity 3 Ecosystem None Insignificant Almost certain Medium Aggregate anchorages at each port, selection of suitable anchorage sites Insignificant Almost certain Medium 5 Ship breaking anchor Disturbance to seabed – generation of minor turbidity 3 Ecosystem None, however habitat not predicted to be detrimentally affected Insignificant Possible Low Aggregate anchorages at each port, selection of suitable anchorage sites Insignificant Possible Low 6 Anchoring Disturbance to seabed – change in seabed topography 1 Ecosystem None Insignificant Rare Low Aggregate anchorages at each port, consider all users, selection of suitable anchorage sites Insignificant Rate Low 7 Ship breaking anchor Disturbance to seabed – change in seabed 1 Ecosystem None, however habitat no predicted to be detrimentally Insignificant Unlikely Low Aggregate anchorages at each port, consider all users, selection of suitable anchorage Insignificant Unlikely Low
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