Port players

It is a functional unit of the port and is essential for the smooth flow of maritime traffic and the reception of ships in the port.

 It is responsible for putting in place the resources needed to integrate the ship into the port complex, and to ensure that the port authority is always on hand for ships and users. It also has a policing role, essentially conferred on it by the Seaports Code. The officers have a port policing role. Port officers control and monitor port structures, buoyage, lights and the state of the seabed, as well as enforcing police regulations. They direct the rescue of vessels in danger. Their duties cover a wide range of areas, from prevention and repression to the regulation of port traffic: they regulate the order in which ships enter and leave the port, allocate berths, monitor manoeuvres and order and direct movements. They give orders to captains, pilots and boatmen in all matters relating to the movement of ships and the implementation of security, order and police measures. Port officers are responsible for enforcing all general and specific regulations relating to port policing and operations. 

• Organisation of ship reception 
• Managing ship movements in the port
• Allocation of berths for ships
• Surveillance and conservation of port facilities
• Monitoring water bodies and channels
• Monitoring pollution and events that could affect port and ship safety
• Relaying alerts to the emergency services, administrations and prefectures for disasters in the port area
• Organisation of disaster relief operations 
• Management and regulatory monitoring of hazardous and non-hazardous materials in transit at the port
• Enforces the Port Code
• Water Police
• Environmental policing
• Beaconing font
• Enforces specific port regulations
• Checks the correct transmission of regulatory documents from ship-consigning companies via the Port IS to the State Services 

It also provides a range of services, including

• Distribution of notices to users ;
• Marine weather information ;
• Information bulletins for navigation ;