How and when will the maritime industry know which port facilities are ISPS compliant and which are not?
• A: In accordance with the ISPS Code and SOLAS amendments, all IMO contracting governments are required to provide to IMO, by July 1, 2004, a list of all ISPS compliant port facilities. The IMO will then make these lists available to all other IMO contracting governments and to the public via the IMO website. It remains unclear how long it will take the IMO to perform these tasks. The US Coast Guard has indicated that it will then use the IMO “white list” of compliant port facilities list to create a “black list” of all non-ISPS compliant ports/port facilities worldwide. This list would then be circulated to the maritime industry via a Port Security Advisory. The Council will forward this Advisory to Member companies when it becomes available. Foreign vessels calling these non-compliant port facilities prior to calling the US will need to implement the following four additional security measures to facilitate entry to the US: – Set a higher MARSEC level (for the ship) – Execute a Decl
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