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Port & Marine Facilities Safety Code

Posted 23 January 2026

Safety paperwork is rarely the most newsworthy of topics, but we are particularly proud to have reported compliance with the […]

Supporting tall ships, and benefitting the community & environment

Posted 23 December 2025

From 2026, Dart Harbour will be encouraging more sail training vessels to visit Dartmouth. We’ve reduced the buoyage fee for […]

Swift Response to Boat Fires in Waterhead Creek

Posted 19 August 2025

At around 4:30am this morning (Tuesday 19th August), three small boats caught fire in Waterhead Creek. The cause of the […]

📢 MARINE SAFETY MEMO – A FEW LESSONS FROM RECENT INCIDENTS

Posted 24 July 2025

Dear Customer, Following a recent spate of marine incidents within the harbour, we’d like to share a few important reminders […]

Dart Harbour and Dartmouth Indoor Pool Trust partner with Dartmouth Academy to Offer Potentially Lifesaving Swimming Lessons

Posted 16 June 2025

Dartmouth Academy, Dart Harbour and Dartmouth Indoor Pool Trust (DIPT) are delighted to announce a transformative new partnership, ensuring that every […]

Water Quality Classification

Posted 27 November 2024

You may have seen that bathing water results have just been published for all sites around the country, including our […]

Entangled Seal

Posted 11 September 2024

We are receiving reports of an entangled seal, on the Dart. We are aware of this adult female seal, she is well known to both The Seal Project and BDMLR South West England and has been monitored for some considerable time, by us as well as the Seal Project & BDMLR. Whilst she is feeding…