El codigo internacional para la proteccion de los buques e instalaciones portuarias (codigo pbip). origenes del codigo pbip

Abstract

The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code is one of the world’s reactions to terrorist attacks that have shaken up the world from 2001 on. The Code is a technical, regulatory body that provides for maritime security for vessels and port facilities in the ship-port interface and operates through a maritime and port security plan that has to be designed and implemented by both ship companies and port terminals through either an officer or a person to whom this task is assigned. The security system operates by means of the establishment of three security levels, which vary depending on the possibility or imminence of a threat or of an attack against maritime or port security so that measures are made tougher according to how probable an event affects the security. The ISPS Code, which was drafted by the International Maritime Organization through its Maritime Security Committee, has been enacted in light of an amendment to Chapter XI-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), adopted in December of 2002.