4.1 Port/terminal authorities
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4.1 Port/terminal authorities

  4.1.1 States and port and terminal owners, operators and authorities should ensure that the necessary infrastructure, and operational and security arrangements for the purpose of preventing persons attempting to stowaway on board ships from gaining access to port installations and to ships, are established in all their ports, taking into consideration when developing these arrangements the size of the port, and what type of cargo is shipped from the port. This should be done in close cooperation with relevant public authorities, shipowners and shore-side entities, with the aim of preventing stowaway occurrences in the individual port.

  4.1.2 Operational arrangements and/or security plans should, inter alia, address the following issues where appropriate:

  • .1 regular patrolling of port areas;

  • .2 establishment of special storage facilities for cargo subject to high risk of access of stowaways, and continuous monitoring of both persons and cargo entering these areas;

  • .3 inspections of warehouses and cargo storage areas;

  • .4 search of cargo itself, when presence of stowaways is clearly indicated;

  • .5 cooperation between public authorities, shipowners, masters and relevant shore-side entities in developing operational arrangements;

  • .6 cooperation between port authorities and other relevant authorities (for example, police, customs, immigration) in order to prevent smuggling of humans;

  • .7 developing and implementing agreements with stevedores and other shore-side entities operating in ports to ensure that only personnel authorized by these entities participate in the stowing/unstowing or loading/unloading of ships or other functions related to the ships stay in port;

  • .8 developing and implementing agreements with stevedores and other shoreside entities to ensure that their personnel having access to the ship are easily identifiable, and a list of names of persons likely to need to board the ship in the course of their duties is provided; and

  • .9 encouraging stevedores and other persons working in the port area to report to the public and port authorities, the presence of any persons apparently not authorized to be in the port area.

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