ISPS International ship and port facility security code

The main objectives of the ISPS Code include:
- establishment of an international framework that fosters cooperation between Contracting Governments, Government agencies, local administrations and the shipping and port industries, in assessing and detecting potential security threats to ships or port facilities used for international trade, so as to implement preventive security measures against such threats
- determining the respective roles and responsibilities of all parties concerned with safeguarding maritime security in ports and on board ships, at the national, regional and international levels;
- to ensure that there is early and efficient collation and exchange of maritime security-related information, at national, regional and international levels;
- to provide a methodology for ship and port security assessments, which facilitates the development of ship, company and port facility security plans and procedures, which must be utilised to respond to ships' or ports' varying security levels; and
- to ensure that adequate and proportionate maritime security measures are in place on board ships and in ports Chiudi