IMO CODE/LAW OF THE SEA
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHERE may be lies, damned lies and statistics, but no spin can conceal that a large proportion of international shipping and ports will not have complied with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) security code by July 1, its implementation deadline. Keith Nuthall reports.THE TIMETABLE for implementing the International Maritime Organisation International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code was always ambitious, given it allowed governments and the transport industry only 18 months to comply.Despite a last minute scramble to obtain ...
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