Maritime security standards initiative
A strategic alliance between ISO and international port, shipping and custom organizations has resulted in the publication of ISO guidelines for assessing security threats to maritime port facilities and planning preventive measures.
'This is a major maritime security standards initiative,' says Captain Charles Piersall, chair of the ISO technical committee that developed the new document. 'This document is designed to facilitate a consistent implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code worldwide as a way to create a safe and secure international maritime shipping regime.' The ISPS code was adopted by more than 100 countries in the International Maritime Organization, and contains detailed security-related requirements for governments, port authorities and shipping companies.
ISO/PAS 20858:2004, ships and marine technology - maritime port facility security assessments and security plan development, is designed to ensure that the security measures of a port facility meet the requirements of the ISPS code and appropriate maritime security practices and that the measures can be verified by an external auditor. It provides a framework to assist marine port facilities in:
- specifying the competence of personnel to conduct a marine port facility assessment
- developing a security plan as required by the ISPS code
- conducting the marine port facility security assessment
- drafting a port facility security plan to protect the people, ships and cargo within a port facility from the risks of a security incident
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