Operation of Ports and Harbours
This activity category includes the following:
- Berths/moorings/anchorages
- Cargo operations and landward transportation
- Operation of port and harbours
- Shoreside industry and operations
- Vessel maintenance
Typical impacts as identified in Natural England's Advice on Operations could include the following:
- Abrasion/disturbance of the substrate on the surface of the seabed
- Penetration and/or disturbance of the substratum below the surface of the seabed, including abrasion
- Physical change (to another sediment type)
- Barrier to species movement
- Changes in suspended solids (water clarity)
- Introduction of light
- Introduction or spread of invasive non-indigenous species (INIS)
- Litter
- Smothering and siltation rate changes (Light)
- Water flow (tidal current) changes, including sediment transport considerations
