Maritime Security

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 Introduction……………………………….......................................................... 2

2.0 The World Market Of Maritime Container Transport…………………………… 2

3.0 Main Security Issues In Container Transport And Handling………………….. 3

3.1 The Container Risk Evaluation

4.0 Organizational, Technical and Measures To Improve Container Security…… 4

4.1Organizational Measures…………………………………………………………… 4

4.2Technical-Simulation Model…………………………....................................... 4

4.3Other measures-International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)……… 6

5.0 The Effects of Rising Security Aspects On The Whole Transport Chain……. 7

5.1Adopting RFID technology ……………………………….................................... 7

5.2 The Extended Supply Chain……………………………….................................. 8

5.3 Sensor Network……………………………….......................................................8

6.0 Conclusions……………………………….......................................................... 9

7.0 References………………………………........................................................... 10

8.0 Appendices………………………………........................................................... 11

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Containers came into the market for international conveyance of sea freight almost five decades ago. They may be regarded as well accepted and they continue to achieve even more acceptance due to the fact that containers are the foundation for a unit-load-concept. Containers are relatively uniform boxes whose contents do not have to be unpacked at each point of transfer.

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They have been designed for easy and fast handling of freight. Besides the advantages for the discharge and loading process, the standardization of metal boxes provides many advantages for the customers, as there are protections against weather and pilferage, and improved and simplified scheduling and controlling, resulting in a profitable physical flow of cargo. Regarding operations, we need to distinguish whether we refer just to a container (which in that sense is called a box) or we specify the type of container under consideration. The most common distinction refers to a so-called standard container as one which is twenty feet (20') long, describing the length of a short container. Other containers are measured by means of these containers, i.e., in twenty feet equivalent units (TEU) (e.g., 40' and 45' containers represent 2 TEU). Additional properties of containers may be specified whenever appropriate (e.g., the...