Richard Ballantyne

Richard joined the British Ports Association in 2007 and became the chief executive in 2016. He represents the BPA in a number of industry bodies and is a member of a wide range of government stakeholder groups and European committees. Richard has in-depth expertise in ports, transport and environmental policy matters as well as wide experience of the legislative process around the UK. He is a director of Maritime UK and was previously a director of Port Skills and Safety. Before joining the BPA he spent five years at a Westminster political consultancy and was previously an MP’s researcher in the House of Commons.

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Presentation

Exploring the implications of autonomous shipping for UK ports

This presentation will review the submissions to last year’s consultation exercise in which the British Ports Association invited evidence from a cross-section of maritime sector organizations in relation to issues related to ports and harbors moving forward into autonomous maritime operations.