Prior to locating an offshore installations on the UKCS consent to locate is required from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

In considering an application, the Department evaluates the risk and inconveniance to shipping to ensure this is within acceptable levels. The information required by the Department in order to make their judgement on a consent to locate application is summarised below.

• Evidence of shipping movements in proximity to the proposed location;
• Likely changes in movements resulting from the installation;
• The constraints imposed upon local navigation by the installation;
• The danger of passing vessels colliding with the installation;
• The increased danger of ships colliding with each other, or havimg misfortune, as a result of needing to avoid the installation if appropriate, the scope for reducing risk by taking counter measures.

Anatec can provide this information.

The shipping data tends to be extracted from the ShipRoutes database which is currently used by the DECC, MCA and MCA. Anatec also has a suite of collision risk models that are required to perform this work and the experience, having worked in close liasion with the DECC, to faciliate the process in support to our clients.

Anatec staff have worked with the vast majority of Operators in the UK and guided them through the consent to locate process. This includes successful applications in the busiest shipping areas within UK waters such as the Southern North Sea, the Irish Sea and Liverpool Bay.

Please contact us for further details on this service.