E MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE MSC 89/INF.13 89th session 5 March 2011 Agenda item 4 ENGLISH ONLY MEASURES TO ENHANCE MARITIME SECURITY Maritime Security Manual – Guidance for port facilities, ports and ships Submitted by Canada SUMMARY Executive summary: This document provides the complete text of the Maritime Security Manual, incorporating revisions by the correspondence group on the review of the Maritime Security Manual developed by the Secretariat Strategic direction: 6.1 High-level action: 6.1.1 Planned output: 6.1.1.1 Action to be taken: Paragraph 4 Related documents: MSC 88/26, paragraphs 4.26 to 4.28 and 4.34 to 4.41; and MSC 89/4/1 Background 1 At MSC 88, the Committee noted that the Secretariat was in the process of developing a companion manual to the ISPS Code, intended to assist SOLAS Contracting Governments in the implementation and verification of compliance with and enforcement of the provisions of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code, as well as to serve as a single-source aid and reference for those engaged in delivering capacity-building activities in the field of maritime security. The Committee was informed that the draft manual was in an advanced stage of development, but would benefit from a peer review in order to ensure its completeness and accuracy. 2 The Committee therefore endorsed the recommendation of the Secretariat that a correspondence group be formed, under the coordination of Canada and the United States, to make further improvements to the draft manual between MSC 88 and MSC 89, at which session the draft manual could be approved. I:\MSC\89\INF-13.doc MSC 89/INF.13 Page 2 Discussion 3 The annex contains the manual as edited following review by the correspondence group, as described in document MSC 89/4/1. Action requested of the Committee 4 The Committee is invited to forward the attached document, with document MSC 89/4/1, to the Working Group on Maritime Security including Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships, with a view to finalizing the Maritime Security Manual for Committee approval at this session. *** I:\MSC\89\INF-13.doc MSC 89/INF.13 Annex, page 1 ANNEX MARITIME SECURITY MANUAL – GUIDANCE FOR PORT FACILITIES, PORTS AND SHIPS I:\MSC\89\INF-13.doc Maritime Security Manual: Guidance for port facilities, ports and ships V2.2 – Revised draft incorporating comments from Correspondence Group, 07 March 2011 Disclaimer This manual has been developed to consolidate existing IMO maritime security-related material into an easily read companion guide to SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code in order to assist States in promoting maritime security through development of the requisite legal framework, practices, procedures and material, technical and human resources. It is intended both to assist SOLAS Contracting Governments in the implementation, verification of compliance with, and enforcement of the provisions of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code, and to serve as an aid and reference for those engaged in delivering capacity-building activities in the field of maritime security. While the guidance in this Manual was developed with input from international maritime security practitioners and is based on generally recognized maritime security practices and procedures, the suggested practices and procedures are not the only means of implementing the Maritime Security Measures of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS code. Other methods of meeting the requirements may be equally appropriate. It is also recognized that because of the diversity of legal and administrative structures within individual states, the practices and procedures proposed in the text may need to be varied to fit within such structures. Guidance within this Manual should not be interpreted as supplanting or negating the maritime security requirements of individual states, which should take precedence over any non-mandatory guidance included herein. Foreword In the wake of the tragic events of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America, a Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Security was held at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) from 9 to 13 December 2002. This Conference adopted a number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, the most far-reaching of which enshrined the new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The Conference also adopted a series of resolutions designed to add weight to the amendments, encourage the application of the measures to ships and port facilities not covered by the ISPS Code and pave the way for future work on the subject. The ISPS Code was produced in just over a year by the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and its Maritime Security Working Group. It contains detailed security-related requirements for Governments, port authorities and shipping companies in a mandatory section (Part A), together with a series of guidelines about how to meet these requirements in a second, non-mandatory section (Part B). Due to the urgent need to have security measures in place, the ISPS Code came into effect on July 1, 2004 just 18 months after its adoption. To assist Contracting Governments in exercising their implementation responsibilities, particularly those in lesser developed countries, one of the resolutions at the Diplomatic Conference invited the IMO to develop training materials and, if necessary, further guidance on various aspects of the ISPS Code. This was accomplished in the 2003-08 period through the development of model training courses; issuance of specific guidance mainly in the form of MSC Circulars; the organization of over 100 regional and national workshops; and the conduct of several advisory and assessment missions in response to requests from individual governments. In 2009, as the IMO’s focus was shifting to other pressing security issues notably piracy and armed robbery and the implementation of Long Range Identification and Tracking systems, there was a growing recognition of the need to reinforce ISPS Code implementation and to strengthen linkages with other IMO initiatives. In responding to this need, the IMO took stock of the training and guidance materials that it had issued over the preceding six years. It found that, while some of the materials had become out-dated, much remained relevant but was situated in an array of documentation that was not easily accessible by maritime security practitioners. This manual has been prepared as a practical way of providing government and industry practitioners responsible for implementing the ISPS Code with a consolidated and up-to-date source of guidance material with appropriate linkages to other ongoing IMO initiatives. Section 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of the Manual ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Structure ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Sources .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Overview of the Maritime Security Measures ................................................................................................... 2 Origins .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 The SOLAS Convention ................................................................................................................................... 3 The SOLAS Amendments 2002 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Conference Resolutions .................................................................................................................................... 3 The Maritime Security Measures in Brief ........................................................................................................ 3 Milestones ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Benefits of, and challenges in, implementing the Maritime Security Measures ............................................... 4 1.6 Maintaining security awareness ........................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Security Awareness Programs .......................................................................................................................... 6 1.7 Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.8 Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Appendix 1.1 – Cross-reference of Government and Industry Responsibilities ............................................ 12 Appendix 1.2 – IMO Guidance Material on Maritime