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11th Sept 2001. Do you remember this date?
This, my friend, is the date that had great influence on the way we operate our ships. This is the date that led to the ISPS code.
I bet when you hear about ISPS code, you think about places like Somalia and Nigeria. But security has been the concern for shipping far longer than that.
IMO has developed many codes, regulations, and conventions since its inception in 1948.
If not all, most of these conventions were triggered by some major incident. For example, ISM code came into existence because of the incident of “Herald of free enterprise”. MARPOL was the result of the incident of Torrey Canyon. And as everyone knows, SOLAS was developed because of infamous incid the nt of sinking of Titanic.
ISPS code is probably the only code that was developed because of a non-marine incident. It was considered and developed after the 9/11 terror attack in the USA.
So what exactly ISPS code requires us to do. Let us discuss 10 elements of ISPS code we need to know about.
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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