Security concerns
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Security concerns

  7 The Committee also considered the case where a ship has concerns about the security of a port facility, which is supposed to operate in accordance with an approved Port Facility Security Plan (PFSP).

  8 In this respect the Committee decided to draw the attention to the fact that certain of the security measures may be of a covert nature and may not be easily identified. Thus, the Committee recommended that the ship, as a first step, should contact the PFSO and discuss the matter.

  9 The Committee recalled the provisions of paragraph B/4.16 of the ISPS Code and recommends that the procedure referred therein should be followed. If no remedial action is agreed between the Contracting Governments concerned, the Committee recommends that the ship, in the absence of any specific provisions to this end in the ship's approved SSP, may either request a Declaration of Security or should follow the steps outlined in paragraphs 3.1 to 3.4 above.

Parent topic: Annex 1 - Guidance Relating to the Implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
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