UK Dredging recognises its responsibility to its employees and others affected by its undertakings and intends to do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure that their health, safety and welfare are not put at risk.

UK Dredging's objectives are to:

• provide for safe practices in ship operations and a safe working environment
  
• establish safeguards against all identified risks, and
  
• continuously improve the safety management skills of personnel ashore and aboard ships, including preparing for emergencies related both to safety and the environmental protection.

Also, as a division of Associated British Ports, UK Dredging is committed to implementing fully the ABP Health and Safety policy and to maintain compliance and certification in accordance with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code (ISM).

UKD is also an Associate Member of OSRL, with the facility to mobilise the response required to assist with any oil spills, in compliance with UK legislation based on the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness Response and Co-operation (OPRC) 1990

Further information regarding the company's Health & Safety and Marine policies can be found on the following web sites:

http://csr.abports.co.uk
http://www.abports.co.uk/geninfo/marine.htm

Further details of our policies, copies of our compliance certification and Health & Safety Statistics, can be provided via UKD offices on request.