Local Notices and Safety
Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code (PMSC)
Bembridge Harbour Authority is committed to complying with the Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code (PMFSC), updated in April 2025, and operates a marine Safety Management System to ensure everybody can continue to use the Harbour safely. The latest annual External PMSC Audit, carried out in March 2026, confirmed full compliance with the Code. If you have any safety concerns or recommendations please contact the Harbour Master. Harbour stakeholders may apply to the Harbour Office to access the SMS and the records it generates.
Please comply with BHIC Byelaws, heed the information and warnings contained in Local Notices to Mariners, and comply with the directions given by senior Harbour staff.
SAFETY IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
Local Notices to Mariners
Please see below a list of Local Notices to Mariners. Particular attention is drawn to LNtM 1 and LNtM 2 which are reviewed / updated annually and remain relevant and in force throughout the year. Scroll down for links to all notices.
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LNtM 6/2026 - issued 9.4.26- Dredging Operations in the Harbour - works completed - Notice cancelled 28.4.26
LNtM 5/2026 UPDATED 7.5.26 Channel Marker buoy off station - temporary buoy in plac - Notice cancelled
LNtM 4/2026 UPDATED 25.2.26 - Channel Marker buoy off station - Notice cancelled
LNtM 3/2026 issued 12.2.26 - updated 15.2.26 Channel Marker buoy off station - Notice cancelled
LNtM 2/2026 issued 21.3.26 - Navigational Information
LNtM 1/2026 issued 21.1.26 - General Instructions and Advice (Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code - PMSC)