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The apex regulatory agency, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) also doubled as Designated Authority (DA) to monitor the level of compliance on the implementation of the International Ships and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) in Nigerian ports has stated that it would no longer be business as usual for ports, terminals and jetties that have failed to comply with the tenets of the ISPS Code.
It says DA has perfected arrangement to withdraw all maritime services from facilities found to be operating below or without complying with the provisions of the code.
In a recently published marine notice signed by its management, NIMASA said it has exhausted all intermediate measures to compel deficient port facilities to address all indentified areas of non-compliance with the ISPS Code, without success.
The notice said the agency, in line with its mandate as the DA will commence withdrawal of maritime services from such ports, terminals and jetties.
鈥淭he withdrawal of maritime services, which implies the stoppage of ship calls at such facilities, shall remain in place until the DA is satisfied that the minimum requirements for compliance with the ISPS Code have been met in the facilities,鈥?NIMASA stated in the notice.
The United State (U.S) Coast Guard recently imposed condition of entry, which subjects ships that visit U.S from the affected port facilities in Nigeria to serious security checks before allowing or disallowing such ship into the U.S ports.
According to the diplomatic note from the U.S embassy in Nigeria, some Nigerian port facilities lacked effective anti-terrorism measures in place and the sanction deals on ships that leave Nigeria to the U.S from all non-compliant port facilities.
Currently only about 22 port facilities in Nigeria have been certified to be 100 per cent complaint with ISPS Code by NIMASA, while over 58 oil jetties and other port facilities were listed as non-compliant facilities.
ISPS Code is a comprehensive set of measures developed in response to the perceived threats to ships and port facilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. The code is implemented alongside the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974. It has two parts 鈥?one mandatory and one recommendatory.Related Articles:
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