ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING Thursday, 24th May 2018 CHAIRMANS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING Thursday, 24th May 2018

CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION David Riley

BOARD OF COWES HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS Capt. Stuart McIntosh David Riley Harbour Master Chairman Nick Elderfield Jeff Armitage Jonathan Gillespie Andrew Cooper Christopher Preston James Evans Roy Lambden Ra Hennessy

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS & STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ➤ John Corby (Chairman): Medina Waterfront Freehold Residents ➤ Ben Willows (Vice Chair): Sailing and Training Establishments ➤ Alex Minns: Isle of Wight Council (IWC) ➤ Neil Oliver: Cowes Town Council ➤ Karl Love: East Cowes Town Council ➤ Mark Slawson: Red Funnel Group ➤ Mike Townsend: Marina Operators ➤ Daniel Jehan: Cowes Town Waterfront Trust ➤ Kate Kirby: Business Associations ➤ Giles Peckham: Cowes Clubs & Classes Association

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS & STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ➤ Laurence Mead: Cowes Week Ltd ➤ Peter Jackson: Medina Combined Clubs ➤ Martin Nott: Shipyards and Wharf Operators (Cowes) ➤ Rob Stewart: Shipyards and Wharf Operators (East Cowes) ➤ Ian Bayliss: Commercial Vessel Operators ➤ Bob Holt: Commercial Fishermen and Water Taxis ➤ Mark Southwell: Cowes RNLI Web: COWESHARBOURCOMMISSION.CO.UK/ADVISORY_COMMITTEE Contact: CHAC@COWES.CO.UK

ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 cowesharbourcommission.co.uk

HARBOUR MASTER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S ANNUAL SUMMARY Capt. Stuart McIntosh

HARBOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY ➤ Overriding objective: Promote and deliver a safety first culture and manage enforcement responsibilities ➤ Local Notices to Mariners Subscribe to LNTMs • ➤ Patrol Officers Improved reporting • ➤ Leisure incidents Speeding and wash • ➤ Commercial incidents

HARBOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY ➤ Security Harbour wide CCTV installed • ➤ Pilotage 323 ships in 2017 • ➤ Emergency planning Drills and training • ➤ Designated Person Capt. Peter Jackson (RN) • Capt. Martin Phipps MBE • (previous Harbour Master at Port of Southampton)

CHAIN FERRY / FLOATING BRIDGE AND SAFETY ➤ Safety of navigation and open harbour: priority and statutory duty ➤ ISSUE: Reduction in navigable depths and clearance over chains ➤ CHC flagged issue at design phase ➤ CHC formal objection to IWC ➤ IWC acknowledge and take responsibility for chain clearance issue ➤ CHC pledge to continue assisting IWC ➤ IWC / CHC agreed “summer season” operation plan: Chain Ferry suspended and replaced by passenger ferry on spring • mid ebb tide to low water ➤ IWC commitment to proactive resolution

RED FUNNEL FREIGHT VESSEL LAY-BY BERTH AT EAST COWES ➤ Red Funnel ‘freight only’ vessel coming into service spring 2019 ➤ Plans for safe operation and lay-by berth in progress ➤ Lay-by berth to be located to north and inside current Red Funnel East Cowes berth

ONE TEAM - ONE NAME Marine Services Review

COWES HARBOUR SERVICES ➤ BOATYARD • Increase in turnover • Site improvements ➤ COMMERCIAL • Multi-disciplinary afloat team • Emergency response capability ➤ STORAGE • Cowes Harbour Storage • Boat Store

COWES HARBOUR SERVICES ➤ MOORINGS • Survey of annual mooring holders • Investment into river and event moorings ➤ FUEL BERTH • All-tide deep water • Review of fuel berth operations and location

SHEPARDS MARINA ➤ SITE IMPROVEMENTS ➤ RIBS AND DRY SAILING ➤ APPRENTICESHIPS • Port Operative Apprentice ➤ EVENTS & REGATTAS • Sugar Store annual growth hosting events • Dragon Edinburgh Cup • JHAV: Cowes at Shepards • Little Britain (LBCC)

KINGSTON WHARF ➤ INDEPENDENT MARINE TRADES • RIB and boat building, marine electronics and, engineering, sail making ➤ WHARFAGE • Isle of Wight Fuels facility • Isle of Wight Aggregates consolidation at Medina Wharf • Lease open for 1.5 acres prime waterfront land

ROBUST FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN CHALLENGING MARKET ➤ T urnover: up by 2% to £3.1m ➤ Expenditure: up by 3% to £2.6m ➤ Operating surplus: down by 5% to £527k = positive cash flow of circa £400k ➤ Investment: Harbour wide CCTV • Boat mover, and dock repairs at Kingston Wharf • ➤ Annual Accounts on CHC website: cowesharbourcommission.co.uk •

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ➤ Successful delivery of CHC’s Strategic Plan 2016-2021, ensuring harbour facilities, services and growth are maintained for future generations, is dependent on the Commission continuing to deliver robust financial performances ➤ Surpluses are reinvested back into the harbour for the benefit of all stakeholders

STAKEHOLDER BENEFITS AND DIVIDEND PROJECTS £204,000 stakeholder benefits funded in 2017 ➤ Investment towards delivery of Outer Harbour Project ➤ Research into sedimentation management and development of Medina Estuary Sustainable Maintenance Dredging Management Plan ➤ Water taxis stakeholder subsidy ➤ Isle of Wight Estuaries Partnership ➤ Apprenticeship programme ➤ Destination Cowes funding member

PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE COST-EFFECTIVE DREDGING ➤ Discussion document and options for dredging stakeholders by Dr Rob Nunny ➤ Benefits: cost efficiencies and more environmentally sustainable dredging ➤ Dredging stakeholder meetings planned to discuss options ➤ Medina Estuary Baseline Document

CRUISE SHIP INITIATIVE ➤ Direct marketing with Destination Cowes and Visit Isle of Wight ➤ Promoting Cowes as unique port-of-call to luxury cruise market ➤ Aim: Increase business to Cowes and Island ➤ In progress: Bespoke shoreside tours and experiences for cruise guests

➤ Target market: Smaller, exclusive 5-7 star luxury cruise ships ➤ Shoreside Cowes / IW: Enhance offer to cruise guests

FUTURE OF SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE EMPLOYMENT Vital for the future harbour and Island economy CURRENT SITUATION: ➤ Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) building will be demolished first quarter of 2019 ➤ Wight Shipyard Co. (WSC) Columbine building occupancy expires in May 2019 ➤ NO CURRENT MARINE SITES / FACILITIES DELIVERABLE WITHIN REQUIRED TIMELINE

FUTURE OF SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE EMPLOYMENT Vital for the future harbour and Island economy CHC ACTIONS TO DATE: ➤ CHC-led stakeholder group IWC, CHC, WSC / AMC, Red Funnel • ➤ Communications with MP Bob Seely ➤ Formal letter and proposal to Homes England (previously Homes and Communities Agency) ➤ WSC / AMC concerns raised with Homes England and East Cowes developer

INTERLINKED STRATEGIC MARINE EMPLOYMENT SITES 4 1. Medina Yard 4 1 2. Kingston Marine Park 2 1 2 3. Kingston Wharf 4. Venture Quays 3 3

1. MEDINA YARD - HARRISON TRUST PLANNING APPLICATION CHC BASIS FOR OBJECTION: ➤ Change of use from marine employment Best all-tide deep water access • ➤ Loss of marine industry and jobs ➤ Deliverability Concerns commercially unviable • Risk site sterilised for years •

1. MEDINA YARD APPLICATION APPROVED ➤ Phases 1 (red) and 4 (blue) to be delivered in parallel 1. ➤ Marine employment space (phase 4) requires full planning permission before any works start ➤ CHC commitment to continue working with all parties 4.

2. KINGSTON MARINE PARK - WHIPPINGHAM ➤ In process of acquisition by IWC from Homes England ➤ Challenges: MMO consent - Financial viability - Delivery timescale

3. CHC KINGSTON WHARF ➤ Opportunity for traditional cargo wharf or marine-based employment ➤ Prime waterfront storage land ➤ 1.5 acres aggregate site ➤ 60 metres river wharf ➤ All-tide deep-water access ➤ IWC indicated applications for change of use to be viewed favourably

4. VENTURE QUAYS: VICTORIA QUAY MARINA & HARBOUR WORKS ➤ Current position - Section 106 and Full Planning issued in May ➤ Engagement and pledge commitment by developer ➤ Unconditional agreement and funding deadline of 31st July ➤ CHC highlighted WSC / AMC situation. Seeking extension of occupancy beyond May 2019 ➤ CHC has considered Island contingency delivery option

“ CHC commitment to working in partnership to save shipbuilding, marine industry and jobs on the Island. -Cowes Harbour Commission

Q&A The Commissioners welcome your questions