Revised Trust Port guidance published

The Department for Transport have published the second edition of Modernising Trust Ports document. The revised document applies to trusts of all sizes in England and Wales however the DfT has suggested that other types of ports should also follow its recommendations.

This guidance represents a code of good practice. In Modernising Trust Ports the government states that all trust ports should review their governance arrangements against the standards set out within.

The first edition was published in 2000 by the then Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and followed a review of the trust ports sector that focused principally on corporate governance and accountability.

The new document includes sections on stakeholders and beneficiaries, annual reporting and performance indicators, and it can be found here.