Employment and job security in the port community

Requirement for safety and preventive measures (S_20)

In its Specifications, Huelva Port Authority (APH) requires the applicants for licences or service provision authorisation to submit, among others, a sworn statement that they comply with the occupational health and safety (H&S) obligations pursuant to the Health and Safety Act 31/1995, of 8 November and other enacting legislation and, in particular, as regards what is envisaged with respect to the business activities coordination (CAE), as the owner of the work centre, in RD 171/2004, of 30 January, implementing Article 24 of the aforementioned CAE Act.

Business activities coordinating mechanisms (S_21)

H&S is a key aspect of managing port safety, which has led to a redoubling of our efforts to control, coordinate and anticipate all the circumstances that interact in the port setting.

An environment as complex as a port, when many agents carry out their work simultaneously in the same setting, requires a high degree of coordination and control so that the activity is carried out in a way that is safe for people, the environment and facilities.

In order to fulfil this objective, the APH has the CAE and Works Safety Division, along with support from a specialist external company and the Metacontratas computer application that allows all the tasks arising from the procurements of works and services to be managed in the framework of the CAE.

That coordinated action, implemented by managing the documents that need to be exchanged between the concurrent companies present at the different work centres such as in construction work, to control the workers' access to the centres, along with authorising suppliers and visitors.

The APH has CAE procedures that prior to the start of the activity by the contracted companies and once all the documentation has been collected using the Metacontratas computer application, are analysed by the CAE and Works Safety Division, with advice from the contracted technical assistance. Authorisation is then given or not according to the procedure, whether responsible and coherent application of the principles of the preventive action by the concurrent companies (EECC), the correct application of the work methods, controlling the interactions of the different activities are guaranteed, in particular, when there are hazards classified as serious or when they affect the health and safety of the workers and the adequacy of the measures applied to prevent any existing hazards that may affect the workers of the EECC.

Total number and percentage of sea goods terminals and sea passenger terminals operated as concessions or with authorisations, and companies with licences or authorisations to provide port services or commercial services with an OHSAS system (S_22)

Total number and percentage of sea terminals and service companies operating an OHSAS system.

Protection and safety training actions for the port community (S_23)

Unfortunately, we were not able to conduct any training due to the health emergency.

As regards this specific point, it should be noted that the terminals and companies located in the Port take part in the Internal Maritime Plan and the Protection Plans.