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Port security – beyond the ISPS code
May 29, 2008
{mosimage}Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd., London, UKSince 9/11, port facilities and ships have been identified as the primary potential threat to international security. The theorybehind this seemed to suggest that ships and their port interfaces were vulnerable to threats and were the means by whichinternational terrorism would be able to perpetrate their deeds. The more cynical in the industry suggested that ships and portswere selected because they were easy to ring fence and there was an established mechanism in place to introduce regulatoryrequirements; through the IMO. Thus, the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code was created, and by July 2004, some 35,000 ships were certified compliant with the ISPS code and deemed ‘secure’ and the world was a safer place. Or was it?From PTI 36 page 92. Read the full article here.
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Achieving our operational goal
 With the dynamics of our industry we find ourselves trying to stay at the forefront by implementing new technologies and procedures. Our goal is to stay ahead of the game by becoming more efficient in providing the services our operation and customers need with as little financial impact as possible.
ICTSI names Francis M. Andrews Regional Manager for Europe, Middle EastInternational Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently appointed Francis M. Andrews as Regional Manager for Europe and the Middle East. Andrews has been with the Company since 2000, and was formerly General Manager of Manila International Container Terminal, and sat on the boards of various ICTSI subsidiaries.
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