MARITIME SECURITY
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has called on governments to urgently process compliance certification applications from ports and shipping lines for the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS), as its July 1 implementation deadline looms. According to a survey by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) - which sponsored the code - only nine per cent of 20,722 ships have had their security measures certified, whilst 57 per cent have submitted plans for approval. Regarding ports, only 5.4 per cent of the 5,578 ...
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