ABSTRACT
As concerns ports, it should be noted that the ISPS Code applies to port facilities serving ships engaged on international voyages. Therefore, any individual port may encompass more than one port facility to which the ISPS Code applies. Contracting Governments decide the extent to which the Code may be applied to port facilities within their territory, which are required, occasionally, to serve ships involved in international traffic. It should be noted that under the Code port facilities are defined as the ship/port interface. The wider issue of port security was dealt with as part of the further joint work between the IMO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) which resulted in the adoption of the IMO/ILO Code of Practice on Security in Ports.
