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References
ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Ports, 2005
PORTS AND TERMINALS 31
The practical recommendations in this code are intended to provide valuable advice and assistance
to all those charged with the management, operation, maintenance and development of ports and
their safety. The ILO code will help to raise the profile of safety and health issues in ports. While the
code looks to the future by including a methodology for considering innovations, it retains advice on
older conventional methods as well. New topics, which were not included in the previous publications,
are: traffic and vehicular movements of all types, activities on shore and on ship, amended levels of
lighting provision, personal protective equipment; ergonomics; provisions for disabled persons; and
the specific handling of certain cargoes, for example logs, scrap metal and dangerous goods. 5
Despite new and sophisticated innovations, port work is still considered an occupation with very high
accident rates. Every port, in light of its specific circumstances, needs to develop working practices that
safeguard the safety and health of port workers. This essential code of practice, intended to replace
both the second edition of the ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Dock Work (1977) and
the ILO Guide to Safety and Health in Dock Work (1976), provides valuable advice and assistance to
all those charged with the management, operation, maintenance and development of ports and their
safety.
Offering many detailed technical illustrations and examples of good practice, the provisions of this code
cover all aspects of port work where goods or passengers are loaded or unloaded to or from ships,
including work incidental to such loading and unloading activities in the port area. It is not limited to
international trade but applies equally to domestic operations, including those on inland waterways.
While the code looks to the future by including a methodology for considering innovations, it retains
advice on older conventional methods as well. New topics, which were not included in the previous
publications, are: traffic and vehicular movements of all types; activities on shore and on ship; amended
levels of lighting provision; personal protective equipment; ergonomics; provisions for disabled persons;
and the specific handling of certain cargoes, for example logs, scrap metal and dangerous goods.
PEMSEA
The Partnerships in the Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) is an
international organization established by 11 countries (Cambodia, PR China, DPR Korea, Indonesia,
Japan, Lao PDR, Philippines, RO Korea, Singapore, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam) in the East Asia region
and is a partnership arrangement involving various stakeholders of the Seas of East Asia, including
national and local governments, civil society, the private sector, research and education institutions,
communities, international agencies, regional programmes, financial institutions and donors.
Recognizing that there are no international standards covering safety, health and environmental
(SHE) management aspects of port operations, PEMSEA has developed the Port Safety Health and
Environmental Management (PSHEM) Code. The PSHEM code is for voluntary use by port authorities
and those companies operating in the port whose activities may have effect on health and safety of
people, the environment and port installations.
The Code has been successfully demonstrated at the port of Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia), Bangkok Port
and Leam Chabang Port (Thailand). The PSHEM code developed in these ports achieved the following
results:
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