The SecurityAssessment "is an essential and integral part of the process of developing and updating" maritime security plans (ISPS Code sections A/8.1 & A/15.1). It must be updated "each time" an MTSA Security Plan "is submitted for re-approval or revision" (33 CFR sections104.31(c) & 106.31(c)). Conditions have surely changed since yoursecurity plan was originally approved. Have there been physicalalterations? Have operations been modified? Such changes affect thevalidity of your existing Security Assessment, as, in the US, does theintroduction of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential(TWIC). Are you equipped to handle, and can your personnel afford to spend the time on, this detail-oriented process? Let MPS maritimesecurity experts shoulder this burden for you. We use standard Coast Guard protocols to get the job done in a cost-effective manner.
ISPS Code/MTSA Security Plans:
Whethercovering ships, port facilities, or Outer Continental Shelf facilities,maritime security plans are the basis for establishing security. Ourmethodology, applicable to both new plans and revisions, ensures thatthe finished product both meets or exceeds all ISPS Code or MTSA requirements and makes practical sense from a management perspective.
In addition to having to revalidate/update your ISPS Code/MTSA Security Assessment, the upcoming Security Plan re-approval process will requireyou to incorporate modifications that take into account any changes in your physical layout or your emergency response procedures, securitymeasures, or operations. In the Untied States, your Plan will now have to take TWIC into account including how you will use it at thedifferent MARSEC levels, how it will be incorporated in your accesscontrol procedures, how you will identify authorized and unauthorizedpersons in secure areas, how you will handle lost, stolen, or damagedcards, how you will handle new hires, and how you will respond to unauthorized access to or activities in secure areas and to "suspicious TWIC activity."
We have prepared security assessments andsecurity plans for ships around the world and for port facilities both in the United States and abroad. Our maritime security specialists havebeen asked repeatedly by the International Maritime Organization to conduct National Needs Assessments for various countries. We pioneeredthe development of security plans for FPSOs in the North Sea and nowoff Nigeria.
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What others say about us:
"Thisplan was reviewed and approved in one day. Except for plans that werewritten using a template, I am unaware of any VSPs that made it throughthe entire process in a single day. The reason this happened is becausethe plan was excellent. It would make life very easy for us if allplans were as 'up to par' as this one. Kudos."
