PEEL PORTS LONDON MEDWAY Enquiries to: Email: Pauline.Pardoe@peelports.com Tel: 01795 596444 Monday to Friday 0830 to 1330 hours CONSERVANCY CHARGE FOR LEISURE CRAFT USING THE PORT AREA The Harbours Docks and Piers Act 1847 empowers the Statutory Harbour Authority to levy a charge for Conservancy under Section XXXII. This is confirmed by The Harbours Act 1964, c 26. The statute empowering Peel London Medway (Port of Sheerness Ltd) as the Statutory Harbour Authority to make a Conservancy Charge can be found in the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973, Part IV Sections 60 to 69. Peel Ports London Medway area of jurisdiction is the River Medway from the Medway Buoy to Allington Lock and The Swale, including all Creeks. All river users can expect that a safe right of navigation is provided in these waters. To this end, Peel Ports London Medway provide and maintain Buoys, Marks and Lights that have been independently inspected (twice yearly) and praised by Trinity House Lighthouse Service as one of the best-marked areas in the U.K. Peel Ports provide Hydrographic information to the UK Hydrographical Society and produce charts on various areas of the river. This enables the monitoring of navigable channels, and assists in the maintenance dredging of such. Our Marine Services team operate a patrol service and also help to clear debris from the navigable channels. In addition to this and many services a 24-hour and 365 days per year watch and listening brief is undertaken by staff at Medway Navigation Services (VTS), Garrison Point, advising river users and to monitor movements on the river. An annual charge, payable for the year or any part thereof, which is not subject ‘composite’ to any discount or reduction, is applicable to all river users leisure and commercial.
PEEL PORTS LONDON MEDWAY Enquiries to: Email: Pauline.Pardoe@peelports.com Tel: 01795 596444 Monday to Friday 0830 to 1330 hours CONSERVANCY CHARGE FOR LEISURE CRAFT USING THE PORT AREA The Harbours Docks and Piers Act 1847 empowers the Statutory Harbour Authority to levy a charge for Conservancy under Section XXXII. This is confirmed by The Harbours Act 1964, c 26. The statute empowering Peel London Medway (Port of Sheerness Ltd) as the Statutory Harbour Authority to make a Conservancy Charge can be found in the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973, Part IV Sections 60 to 69. Peel Ports London Medway area of jurisdiction is the River Medway from the Medway Buoy to Allington Lock and The Swale, including all Creeks. All river users can expect that a safe right of navigation is provided in these waters. To this end, Peel Ports London Medway provide and maintain Buoys, Marks and Lights that have been independently inspected (twice yearly) and praised by Trinity House Lighthouse Service as one of the best-marked areas in the U.K. Peel Ports provide Hydrographic information to the UK Hydrographical Society and produce charts on various areas of the river. This enables the monitoring of navigable channels, and assists in the maintenance dredging of such. Our Marine Services team operate a patrol service and also help to clear debris from the navigable channels. In addition to this and many services a 24-hour and 365 days per year watch and listening brief is undertaken by staff at Medway Navigation Services (VTS), Garrison Point, advising river users and to monitor movements on the river. An annual ‘composite’ charge, payable for the year or any part thereof, which is not subject to any discount or reduction, is applicable to all river users leisure and commercial.
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