Port Security Regulations 2009 implementation: 13 UK marine areas
Plans for implementing required port security at 13 UK marine areas, including physical boundaries and processes.
Detail
The purpose of Directive 2005/65/EC is to enhance security co-ordination at the marine areas of:
- Barrow
- Cardiff
- Falmouth
- Glasgow (now “Clyde”)
- Hull
- Goole
- Immingham and Grimsby
- Liverpool
- the Manchester Ship Canal
- Newhaven,
- Southampton
- Sullom Voe
- Swansea, (“the listed ports”)
The directive requires the following action of:
- designation of a port security authority
- appointment of a port security officer
- a port security risk assessment to be conducted
- creation of a port security plan
The draft designation orders outline the area which the port security authority will have responsibility over.
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