International Conventions & Organizations

Question 1

IMO

Answer 1

International Maritime Organization

• Responsible for the ISPS implementation & enforcement

“Specialized agency of the UN that is responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping, and to prevent marine pollution from ships”

Question 2

ISPS

Answer 2

International Ship and Port Facility Security

“is an amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention on minimum security arrangements for ships, ports and government agencies.”

• to detect security threats/implement security measures
• establish roles & responsibilities concerning maritime security for governments, local administrations, ships, ports
• collate and security related information
• provide the methodology for security assessment and implement plans and procedures to react to changing security levels

Question 3

Maritime Transportation Security Act

Answer 3

The U.S. law designed to improve security of US ports and waterways.

MTSA requires:

• vessel and ports to conducts vulnerability assessments
• development of security plans that include passengers, vehicles, baggage screening
• establishment of restricted areas, personnel, ID procedures, access control measures and installation of surveillance.

Question 4

UNCLOS

Answer 4

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world’s oceans. Establishing guidelines for business, the environment, and management of the marine natural resources.

Question 5

SOLAS Convention

Answer 5

The main objective of the SOLAS Convention is to specify minimum standards for the construction, equipment, and operation of ships, compatible with their safety

• Regarded as the most important of all international treaties.

Question 6

Piracy (Article)

Answer 6

UNCLOS - Article 101 - Piracy

(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for
private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and
directed:
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on
aboard such ship or aircraft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any
State;
(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with
knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a)
or (b).