Tourist Assistance and Protection in the Port and DestinationPort Security Issues

Hemispheric Convention on Cruise Tourism and Corporate Social Responsibility

Mar del Plata, Argentina

April 9, 2015

USCG International Port Security Program Overview

The IPS Program’s focus is to:

• Engage in bilateral and multilateral security discussions with trading nations

• Exchange best practices

• Visited more than 1000 ports/facilities in over 150 countries

• U.S. Coast Guard view is that the ISPS Code is a minimum security standard.

• Good Baseline. But the ISPS Code by itself has limitations. For example:

– It does not provide a layered security regime

– No guidelines on a government’s responsibilities to augment individual ship & port facility security plans

– No enforcement provisions

• Country must generate the legal requirements to implement

– Proposed IMO Guidelines on Maritime Security Legislation

Legal Regime

U.S. Requirements for Cruise Ship Terminals

• Screen all persons, baggage, and personal effects

• Check the identification of all persons

• Designate holding, waiting, or embarkation areas to segregate screened persons from unscreened persons

• Provide additional security personnel to designated holding, waiting, or embarkation areas

• Deny passenger access to restricted areas unless supervised by facility security personnel.

New Regulations Proposed

• Standardize screening activities

• Allowing for an appropriate degree of flexibility

• Consistent layer of security at terminals throughout the United States.

• https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1625-AB30/consolidated-cruise-ship-regulations

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Best Practices Observed

•Port Security Committees

•Background Checks for appropriate personnel

•Beginning of season training for all

•Layered Security–Pubic Access Area

–Additional Security at Shíp -Port Interface

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Best Practices Observed (cont’d)

• Tender Coordinator aboard Cruise Ship

• CCTV– However, must manage

number and shift length to be effective

• Declaration of Security with cruise ship

• Including cruise ship in required exercises

Best Practices

8

Identified more than 100

Range from very costly and sophisticated to inexpensive and simple

Posted on USCG website– homeport.uscg.mil

Portsmouth

Alameda

Schinnen

Tokyo

Singapore

DC

International Port Security Program Personnel

9

Contact Details

Captain (retired) Michael Brown

Chief, International Port Security Evaluation Division

Commandant (CG-PSA-1)

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE STOP 7501

Washington, DC 20593-7501

(202) 372-1081

michael.w.brown@uscg.mil

Questions?