This model course is intended to provide the knowledge required for port facility personnel with designated security duties, such as guards, access control officers, training officers and relevant port facility managers, in connection with a Port Facility Security Plan (PFSP) to perform their duties in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Se…
The emphasis of this model course is not on training to fight pirates, but rather to assist trainees to identify, deter or mitigate such events through proper planning, preparation and coordination with various entities.
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention), is concerned withpreserving the marineenvironment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances. Its technical content is laid out in six Annexes, the first five of which were adopted by the 1973 Conventio…