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Priot to locating an offshore
installations on the UKCS consent to locate is required from the
Department for Transport (DfT). 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.
Anatec can provide this information.
The shipping data tends to
be extracted from the ShipRoutes database which is currently used
by the DfT, 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 DfT, 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.
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