Safety and Security in Ports By: Dov Gerber Motorways of the sea TEN T Brussels forum 18.05.2016 History lessons Decades of maritime terror o As coastal country, all Israel’s strategic facilities are threats located on the coast. o Nearby terrorist organizations with maritime abilities o Ports are crucial and strategic gate-way. o Real life and daily terror threats (terror attack in the Port of Ashdod) G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 Ashdod 2004 Why ports? o Constructed to be widely oPen and accessible by land and sea o Their infrastructures are interlined with neighboring cities o Hazardous storage facilities built according to cost benefit analysis o Stream of thousands of workers, passengers and seamen every day Why containers? o 17 million containers making 200 million triPs a year o 5% insPection rate world wide o Difficulties in controlling and insPecting the contents o One of the easiest ways for delivery of weapons of mass distraction G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 Why ships? o Can be used as a weapon against a port, offshore facilities and other vessels . o Heavy traffic of cruise shiPs create large flow of peoPle o Can be used as a transPort for terrorists o Sinking a shiP at chokepoints that can paralyze a port o Threat of misuse of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 What is required from us Right training program for senior staff for each and every port G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 What is needed? Senior Staff, CEOs, CFOs training program Staff psychological Security and emergency concept strength of oPerations Emergency planning Contingency Planning Disaster recovery International terror Command and Control Data collection, analysis and dissemination G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 What is needed? Master plan and staff training program ISPS code Best practice under extreme conditions Personal security Personal Psychological First aid strength International terror Personal “toolbox” “Save the Saver” G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 What is needed? Staff training program o Definition of the relevant training subjects and requirements o Design of the training needs o DeveloPment of the training course and tools o Setting uP the training environment G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 What is needed? Layers based protection o Physical means (fences, cameras, electronic means) o EDI based PCS covering logistic procedures, administrative Procedures and security related information o Data analysis of the above procedures o Big data analysis o Transaction profiling G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 What is needed? Security Master Plan o Physical means design and imPlement o EDI based working procedures suPPorting security related issues o Security related Data analysis of cargo, vessels crew and passengers o Command and Control infrastructure G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 How to do it? Technological Solutions o UUVs and USVs for intelligence collection and vessels insPection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSY1kSKxJU o Crew identity verification tools o Dynamic surveillance o ExPlosive detectors and See Through Walls technology o IT suPPorting Data profiling and Big-DATA analysis G.D> GO LTD 18.05.2016 Thank You! [email protected] Motorways of the sea TEN T Brussels forum 18.05.2016 .