Killybegs Harbour Centre

Environmental Policy Statement

Owned and operated by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Killybegs Harbour Centre is the newest sheltered deep-water facility on Ireland’s west coast. Already established as Ireland’s premier fishing harbour, a new €50 M pier opened in 2004 and provides opportunity for growth in the commercial cargo and cruise liner markets. The port caters for vessels up to 250 m long, at 40,000 tonnes dead weight, to a maximum low water draft of 12 m. Cargoes include fresh/frozen fish; dry bulk; break bulk; manufactured goods & heavy lifts; oil & gas exploration modules & supplies; containers; fuels and other general cargo.

Killybegs Harbour Centre is committed to maintaining a prosperous port while honouring its community and environmental responsibilities in an open and transparent manner. As such, environmental management is a prominent business consideration and the implementation of an Environmental Management System a key strategic best practice commitment. Killybegs Harbour Centre provides port-wide leadership on the need to minimise environmental impacts and promotes sustainable principles. We are committed to:

• maintaining an Environmental Management System compliant with European Sea Ports Organisation ECOPORTS criteria and compatible with ISO 14001

• regulatory compliance and implementing relevant industry codes of practice

• pollution prevention through operational best practice, emissions management, waste minimisation, efficient resource use, and local conservation awareness

• setting objectives and targets to achieve continual environmental performance improvement within the context of a systematic management programme

• communicating this environmental policy to our employees and providing appropriate training

• the public availability of our environmental policy and supporting local community liaison

• public reporting on environmental performance

Killybegs Harbour Centre management actively supports this policy.

NOVEMBER 2007

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Martin Connell (Acting Harbour Master)

Killybegs Harbour Centre