FAQ’s
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The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) is a set of internationally agreed measures aimed at enhancing the security of ships and port facilities. The Code was developed in response to the perceived threats to ships and port facilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in New York.
The Code takes the approach that ensuring the security of ships and port facilities is a risk management activity and that to determine what security measures and security levels are appropriate, an assessment of the risks must be made for every ship and port:
- To detect security threats and implement security measures
- To establish roles and responsibilities concerning maritime security for governments, local administrations, ship and port industries at national and international level
- To collate and promulgate security-related information
- To provide a methodology for security assessments so as to have in place plans and procedures to react to changing security levels
All IMSA Ltd Associates have extensive experience across all aspects of the ISPS Code.
Associates are qualified to conduct Ship and Port Facility Security Surveys and produce Assessments and Plans; lead Verification and Implementation Inspections; and train Port Facility, Ship and Company Security Officer worldwide.
Many are also able to conduct Technical Security Surveys to assist with equipment procurement decisions. Trainers are accredited by TRANSEC/MCA and DNV.
What is IMSA Ltd's Ethos?
IMSA Ltd’s clients’ needs are met by a mix of long term service contracts and one off jobs. To meet the resulting fluctuations in numbers of people needed to provide IMSA Ltd’s services, the company draws on a database of people with the requisite skills and qualifications who are available at short notice. Hence although at first sight a niche service provider, IMSA Ltd can assemble and manage at short notice, substantial numbers of uniquely qualified people for a particular requirement. A recent call for 50 to protect offshore work in the North Arabian Gulf, saw 50 assembled in 72 hours and deployed within 7 days.
To qualify for inclusion on our database, the strictest vetting procedures are used. The majority are already known personally to one of the core IMSA Ltd team in Poole. Those who are not, are exhaustively investigated to establish not just their skills and competencies, but also to judge if they will complement those already on the database. An ‘apprenticeship’ – normally 22 years in a seagoing specialisation of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines is – mandatory. Further commercial experience in the shipping industry is highly desirable. But it is an individual’s ability to work effectively and credibly with a ships master, his aptitude in forming a close relationship with a ships crew, earning their trust and training and drilling them, his fleetness of mind to respond swiftly and correctly to a sudden occurrence and provide the right sort of leadership that adds the necessary make up to be considered for inclusion.
IMSA Ltd’s ethos is one of instantaneous response to clients’ needs, unparalleled professional service to clients, low overheads – hence lower prices, and the highest quality of written reports and staff work.