SHEQ
At Port of Aberdeen, going above and beyond to set exemplary standards and actively prevent harm to the health and safety of our people, as well as to the environment, is central to our core values.
Committed to continual improvement
We are one of only four ports in Scotland to be part of a European environmental initiative, EcoPorts, and our accreditations include ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, and ISO 9001:2015. These international benchmarks for quality, occupational health and safety, and environmental management, strengthens our commitment to continual improvement in SHEQ.
-
Safety
Code of Safe PracticeProtecting people across the port estate is our priority. Our robust safety culture, performance, and processes help to reduce the potential for accidents. The Aberdeen Port Safety Group provides a forum for the diverse range of port users to benefit from sharing best-practice, joint identification of risk patterns and common coordination of safety campaigns. Port of Aberdeen’s ‘Code of Safe Practice’ helps to keep everyone safe while working in Port of Aberdeen.
-
Health
Our Thrive wellbeing programme takes a whole-self approach, focusing on the four pillars of wellbeing – emotional, physical, social and financial – to help our people be stronger, feel better and gain a new sense of purpose. Thrive provides employees with opportunities to take part in fun activities, events and initiatives, and learn more through informative sessions and resources.
Our goal for Thrive is to support positive mental health at work, give colleagues more tools for stress reduction, prevent burnout, build resiliency in this cost-of-living crisis, and most importantly keep the Port of Aberdeen Crew healthy and happy.
-
Environment
Net Zero PORTPort of Aberdeen is investing £55 million to become the UK’s first net zero port by 2040. This means being an exemplar and targeting net zero emissions from vessels visiting the port (scope 3), as well as our own operations (scope 1 and 2). Strong partnerships and investment across the public and private sectors are essential to deliver this transformational change which will deliver significant benefits for the environment, local communities, and wider maritime sector.
-
Quality
We are committed to delivering a safe, sustainable and efficient service for our customers. Our people have the skills, knowledge, and experience to identify and deliver flexible, customer-centric solutions. Solutions that are delivered within a robust quality framework with a strong safety focus.
Zero Harm
Prevention of harm to the health or safety of our people and harm to the environment is fundamental to our core values and is defined by our approach to Zero Harm.
Zero Harm is designed to embed a safety culture where the prevention of injuries to our employees, and port users who may be impacted by our work, is the highest priority in everything we do. It extends to preventing both ill health at work and the causes of ill health at work in our employees and those exposed to risks arising from our work.
Port Visitor Induction
To ensure the wellbeing of all visitors to the port, we've prepared a comprehensive visitor induction video.
Please take a moment to watch the video before visiting the port and confirm you have completed the induction video with your host via email.
Your safety and the wellbeing of our environment are paramount to us at Port of Aberdeen.
Port Safety Observations
We all have a responsibility for health and safety around Port of Aberdeen.
If you have any queries, wish to report an incident, or witness an unsafe working practice, please complete our safety observation form linked below.
SHEQ Downloads
Port Health, Safety and Environment Awards
Our HSE Awards recognise industry excellence for health, safety and environment. In 2024 we congratulated ASCO, Fletcher Shipping, and the port's Operations Department for their outstanding achievements.
-
Port Health and Safety Award: ASCO
ASCO was awarded the ‘Port Health and Safety Award’ for its robust leadership training, its WorkSafe LiveSafe ethos, and unwavering commitment to safety excellence.
-
Port Environment Best Practice Award: Fletcher Shipping
Fletcher Shipping was honoured with the ‘Port Environment Best Practice’ award for its proactive steps to reduce emissions and implement responsible, forward-thinking business practices that address this significant industry challenge.
-
Employee Zero Harm Award: the port’s Operations Department
The ‘Zero Harm’ award for Port of Aberdeen employees, honours those who consistently take actions beyond compliance. The port’s Operations Department received this year's ‘Zero Harm’ award for their development of a mooring operations training pack and their ongoing vigilance and proactive reporting of safety incidents and observations.
