1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh
session (12 to 21 May 2010), having considered the need to enhance
maritime security and encourage consistent and harmonized implementation
of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS
Code and the related provisions of the ILO/IMO Code of practice on
security in ports and the IMDG Code, approved Guidelines on security-related
training and familiarization training for port facility personnel,
set out in the annex.
2 The Committee, when developing the Guidelines,
took into consideration MSC.1/Circ.1188 on
Guidelines on training and certification for port facility security
officers.
3 The Committee agreed that the sole purpose of
the Guidelines was to assist SOLAS Contracting Governments and Designated
Authorities in the implementation of the relevant provisions of:
4 SOLAS Contracting Governments are invited to
bring the annexed Guidelines to the attention of all parties concerned
with the matter addressed therein.
5 The Committee invited SOLAS Contracting Governments,
international organizations and non-governmental organizations with
consultative status which encounter difficulties with the implementation
of the Guidelines to bring, at the earliest opportunity, the matter
to the attention of the Committee for consideration of the issues
involved and decision on the action to be taken.