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4 results foundAuthor: Bichou, Khalid Title: Security and Risk-Based Models in Shipping and Ports: Review and Critical Analysis Summary: The primary aim of maritime security assessment models is to assess the level of security within and across the maritime network. When managing risk through legislation, regulatory assessment models are used to assess risk levels and examine the impact of policy options, usually in terms of the costs and benefits of a regulatory proposal. This paper reviews the development, application and adequacy of existing risk assessment and management models to maritime and port security. In particular, it examines the problematical issues of security perception, value and impact, and discusses the limitations of the current regulatory framework in providing an integrated and effective approach to risk assessment and managment, including for supply chain security. Details: Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, International Transport Forum, 2008. 38p. Source: Internet Resource; Discussion Paper No. 2008-20 Year: 2008 Country: International URL: Shelf Number: 118796 Keywords: Harbors, Security MeasuresMaritime LawMaritime SecurityPort SecurityRisk AssessmentShipping, Security MeasuresSupply ChainsTransnational Crime |
Author: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Title: Small Vessel Security Strategy Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Vessel Security Strategy (SVSS) exists within the framework of other security strategies. It does not replace any of the current strategies or relevant documents. Rather, this strategy harmonizes directions from related strategies into a multi-layered, unified approach for the component agencies within the DHS, and to lay the groundwork for DHS participation in coordination across all levels of government, as well as other public, private and international stakeholders in the maritime domain. This strategy’s purpose is to address the risk that small vessels1 might be used to smuggle terrorists or WMD into the United States or might be used as either a stand-off weapon platform or as a means of a direct attack with a WBIED. The resulting risks are difficult to manage because small vessels are not centrally registered, operators have not always demonstrated proficiency in small vessel operations, and the ability to screen or detect vessel-borne hazards is extremely limited. There is, moreover, a tradition and expectation among the large population of small vessel operators of largely unrestricted access to U.S. waterways. This strategy also describes the small vessel community and the environment in which it operates. It discusses and identifies the threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences resulting from four key risk scenarios. Understanding the relationship of the threat, risk, vulnerability, and consequence of a small vessel terrorist attack on the United States will help to reduce the risk of such an attack. The guiding principles and overall goals of this strategy complement existing solutions for large vessels. Details: Washington, DC: Department of Homeland Security, 2008. 57p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 12, 2012 at: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/small-vessel-security-strategy.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/small-vessel-security-strategy.pdf Shelf Number: 123566 Keywords: Homeland SecurityMaritime CrimeShipping, Security MeasuresTerrorism |
Author: McKinnon, Alexander Title: Maritime Piracy: A Hong Kong Perspective Summary: The threat of piracy is a major concern of Hong Kong maritime industry groups, shipowners, ship operators and the wider sector supporting the shipping industry. The statistics are confronting: in Somalia at present, at least 23 vessels are being held against the will of the owners and at least 518 hostages (mostly seafarers) are at the whim of Somali pirates. Even more troubling is that the first quarter of 2011 has been labelled as the worst on official record. Almost three times the number of attacks occurred as compared to the same quarter in 2010. Piracy is also an ever-present danger in the waters of South East Asia although regional efforts have yielded positive results. The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), which is responsible for port administration and the Hong Kong Shipping Register, is active in promoting security arrangements to Hong Kong registered ships. Notwithstanding this, Hong Kong vessels continue to be at risk and limitations imposed by international conventions frustrate those closely involved in the industry. This paper looks at the approaches taken by Hong Kong in attempting to protect its ships from piracy. The paper also briefly canvasses the international legal framework and highlights some controversial and emerging issues. Details: Hong Kong: Hong Kong Centre for Maritime and Transportation Law, School of Law City University of Hong Kong, 2011. 16p. Source: Working Paper Series. Internet Resource: Accessed on January 23, 2012 at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/slw/HKCMT/Doc/Working_Paper_-_Piracy_-_Final_(v3).pdf Year: 2011 Country: Hong Kong URL: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/slw/HKCMT/Doc/Working_Paper_-_Piracy_-_Final_(v3).pdf Shelf Number: 123755 Keywords: Maritime SecurityPiracy (Hong Kong)Shipping, Security Measures |
Author: Mejia Jr., Maximo Q. Title: Piracy in shipping Summary: Piracy in its various forms has posed a threat to trade and shipping for millennia. In the 1970s, a steady rise in the number of attacks ushered in the present phenomenon of modern piracy and not many parts of the world’s seas are free from piracy in one form or another today. This paper reviews the historical and geographical developments of piracy in shipping, with a discussion on contentious issues involved in defining piracy. Using data available on piracy acts collected from the IMB related to 3,957 attacks that took place between 1996 and 2008, we shed light on recent changes in geography and modi operandi of acts of piracy and investigate how poverty and political instability may be seen as the root causes of piracy. Details: France: Laboratoire d'Economie et de Management Nantes-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, 2010. 34p. Source: Lemna EA 4272 Working Paper: Internet Resource: Accessed February 11, 2012 at http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/47/06/16/PDF/LEMNA_WP_201014.pdf Year: 2010 Country: International URL: http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/47/06/16/PDF/LEMNA_WP_201014.pdf Shelf Number: 124085 Keywords: Maritime SecurityPiracyShipping, Security Measures |