Trusted by & compliant with
Berth Allocation Board
Fraserburgh Harbour · 26 Feb 2026 · 17:03 GMT
Occupied
17/24
Available
4/24
Maintenance
3/24
of berths sit empty during
peak tide windows.
Without real-time allocation visibility, harbor masters are working from yesterday's notes. Vessels queue on approach while adjacent berths sit unused. A trawler burning fuel in the roads for 90 minutes costs the skipper £340 in diesel — and costs you their next booking.
"We were running berth allocation from a whiteboard and a tide table. The morning shift spent an hour on the phone before a single rope was touched." — Harbour Master, Peterhead
in quota penalties issued
to UK ports in 2024.
Every landing requires a catch log. Every catch log feeds into Marine Scotland's quota management system. Paper-based reporting introduces a 6–48 hour lag between unloading and submission — long enough for an inspector to arrive, find discrepancies, and issue a formal warning.
Common Failure Points
"We had a compliance officer walk the quay at 07:30. Three vessels had landed since 04:00. Not one log had been submitted." — Fisheries Officer, Lerwick
Catch Documentation
Today's Landings · Quota vs. Actual
Filed Today
31
Pending
4
Over Quota
1

Fleet Compliance Status
Maintenance Schedule
Caledonian Star
Annual Safety Survey
04 Mar
6d
Moray Firth
Engine Service
28 Feb
2d
Star IV
Life Raft Recertification
01 Mar
3d
MV Venture
Hull Inspection
15 Mar
17d
Solan Goose
Navigation Equipment Check
10 Mar
12d
missed inspection can
ground your entire fleet.
Maintenance compliance isn't bureaucracy — it's your operating licence. An MCA surveyor finding an overdue safety inspection doesn't issue a reminder. They issue a detention notice. One vessel detained at the quay creates a domino: blocked berth, missed tide, lost catch, compensation claims.
Revenue Impact of Compliance Failures
One vessel detained 24hrs
lost catch + penalty
Fleet audit triggered
avg. operational disruption
Licence suspension (7 days)
full port revenue loss
"The surveyor arrived on a Tuesday. We hadn't tracked that the life raft recertification had lapsed. Three vessels were detained by noon." — Port Manager, Ullapool
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BERTH · 2024
UK Harbour
Efficiency Report
47 ports
£2.1M fines
34% waste
47 UK ports. 12 months of operational data. Benchmarks for berth utilisation, catch reporting accuracy, and compliance failure rates — with sector averages your board will recognise.
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