MARITIME SECURITY
October 1st, 2002
Keith NuthallSIGNIFICANT progress has been made in preparing a comprehensive shipping and port security code, which is to be agreed by the International Maritime Organisation this December. The second meeting of the UN agency's security working group developed detailed guidelines on how governments, national agencies, local administrations and shipping and port authorities should detect security threats and take preventive measures against them. The code will clarify these organisation's respective roles and promote the collection and exchange of security-related ...
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