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- Title
MARITIME SECURITY: PREVENTION OF MARITIME TERRORISM BY INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT SECURITY (ISPS) CODE.
- Authors
ŞEKER, Burak Şakir
- Abstract
International Maritime Organization (IMO) developed a set of maritime security regulations for managing the risk of maritime terrorism with the aim to improve maritime and port security after the September 11th, 2001 terror attack. In this regard, a unique codification has been developed in response to the perceived threats to ships and port facilities and named with International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code aiming the comprehensive set of measures to enhance the security of ships and port facilities. In this research, to be able to realize the today's situation, a literature review of academic and operational efforts related to implementation and compliance issues of the ISPS Code are provided. This investigation was initially oriented solely towards Europe, as part of an on-going individual project with the subject of “maritime security”, however, the final data sample allowed for a wider geographical coverage and an expanded scope of analysis, since 9 different academic databases were exploited. First of all the literature review from both author-centric and concept-centric approaches are presented; then, the careful screening of literature, constructed on specific concepts, allowed the identification of cross-fertilization of these concepts in the respective fields. The results demonstrate that the research efforts focused on the ISPS Code and the development of a Port Facility Security Plan (PFSP) have an integrated perspective, where the categories of terrorism and counterterrorism, as well as maritime security management and the issue of port security have a strong interaction and dominant status. Additionally, although the main focus of the literature is on security, safety issues are quite often addressed, with oil spill and environmental protection also being included in the consequences of security incidents. In this literature review framework, the research aims to show the effectiveness of the ISPS Code in addressing maritime security and preventing of maritime terrorism in addition trying to touch the implementation and compliance issues.
- Subjects
MARITIME safety; HARBOR security; MARITIME terrorism; COUNTERTERRORISM; NATIONAL security; INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization
- Publication
Electronic Turkish Studies, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 2, p673
- ISSN
1308-2140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7827/TurkishStudies.13080