Maritime security
Maritime security
is an integral part of IMO's responsibilities. A comprehensive security regime
for international shipping entered into force on 1 July 2004. The
mandatory security measures, adopted in December 2002, include a number of amendments
to the 1974 Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS),
the most far-reaching of which enshrines the new International Ship and Port
Facility Security Code (ISPS Code), which contains detailed security-related
requirements for Governments, port authorities and shipping companies in a mandatory
section (Part A), together with a series of guidelines about how to meet these
requirements in a second, non-mandatory section (Part B).
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on ISPS Code and maritime security
Details
of the maritime security measures
Further
Information including articles
Access
ISPS Code database in the IMO Global Shipping Information System (GSIS)
Circulars relating
to maritime security include:
MSC/Circ.1109/Rev.1
False security alerts and distress/security double alerts
MSC/Circ.1133
Reminder of the obligation to notify flag States when exercising control and
compliance measures
MSC/Circ.1132
Guidance relating to the Implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
MSC/Circ.1131
Interim Guidance on voluntary self-assessment by SOLAS Contracting Governments
and by port facilities
MSC/Circ.1130
Guidance to masters, Companies and duly authorized officers on the requirements
relating to the submission of security-related information prior to the entry
of a ship into port
MSC/Circ.1111
Guidance relating to the implementation of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
(English)
MSC/Circ.1111
Recommandations intérimaires sur les mesures liées au contrôle
et au respect des dispositions qui visent à renforcer la sûreté
maritime (Guidance relating to the implementation of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and
the ISPS Code in French)
MSC/Circ.1111
Orientaciones provisionales sobre las medidas de control y cumplimiento para
incrementar la protección marítima (Guidance relating to the implementation
of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code in Spanish)
This circular includes:
- ANNEX 1 GUIDANCE
RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLAS CHAPTER XI-2 AND THE ISPS CODE
- ANNEX 2 RESOLUTION
MSC.159(78) (adopted on 21 May 2004) INTERIM GUIDANCE ON CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE
MEASURES TO ENHANCE MARITIME SECURITY
MSC/Circ.1104
Implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
MSC/Circ.1074
Measures to enhance maritime security - Interim guidelines for the authorization
of recognized security organizations acting on behalf of the Administration
and/or designated authority of a contracting Government
MSC/Circ.1073
Measures to enhance maritime security - Directives for Maritime Rescue Co-ordination
Centres (MRCCS) on acts of violence against ships
MSC/Circ.1072
Guidance on provision of ship security alert systems
MSC/Circ.1097
Guidance relating to the implementation of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
MSC/Circ.1067
Early implementation of measures to enhance maritime security
Further
information
Purchase
the ISPS Code and SOLAS amendments
Model
Course - ISPS - Company Security Officer, 2003 edition
Model
Course - ISPS - Port Facility Security Officer, 2003 edition
Model Course - ISPS - Ship Security Officer, 2003 edition
Updates
on ISPS Code status of compliance
Information
Resources on Maritime Security
New
Security Measures for the International Shipping Community. Article by Mr. H.
Hesse and Mr. N. Charalambous, published in WMU Journal of Marine Affairs, 2004,
Vol 3, No 2, pp 123 - 138 Information Resources on maritime
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