Protección Portuaria: Proceso de Recertificación PBIP/ISPS

Evaluación de Protección de las Instalaciones Portuarias
Proceso de Recertificación-PBIP/ISPS

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La Prefectura Naval Argentina, en su calidad de Autoridad de Aplicación del Código Internacional para la Protección de los Buques y de las Instalaciones Portuarias (Código PBIP), se encuentra abocada a la tarea de preservar la seguridad y protección en todo el ámbito y quehacer portuario y marítimo.

Se ha dispuesto para iniciar el proceso de recertificación para el Período 2014-2019, la realización de una nueva Evaluación de Protección.

Las instalaciones portuarias que deseen mantener la Declaración de Cumplimiento en virtud de los alcances de la normativa y que hayan superado la cuarta renovación de sus certificados, deberán cumplimentar la presente evaluación con no menos de tres (3) meses de anticipación a la fecha de vencimiento de la certificación internacional, a fin de permitir su estudio y programación de las correspondientes auditorias de recertificación.

Normativa:
  • Convenio Internacional para la Seguridad de la Vida Humana en el Mar (SOLAS, enmendado).
  • Código Internacional de Protección de Buques y las Instalaciones Portuarias (Código PBIP)
  • Ley Nacional 26.108.
  • Decretos del Poder Ejecutivo Nacional Nº 1241/03 y 1973/04.
  • Ordenanza 06/03 – Tomo 8 – Régimen Policial.
  • Circular MSC.1/Circ.1192.


Ship Security Officer

The ISPS Code defines the Ship  Security Officer as the person on board the ship, accountable to the master, designated by the Company as responsible  for the security of the ship, including implementation and maintenance of the ship security plan and for liaison with the company security officer and port facility security officers.
Credito: IMO

The  duties and responsibilities of the Ship Security Officer shall include:

1. Undertaking regular security inspections of the ship to ensure that appropriate security measures are maintained;

2. Maintaining and supervising the implementation of the ship security plan, including any amendments to the plan;

3. Co-ordinating the security aspects of the handling of cargo and ship’s stores with other shipboard personnel and with the relevant port facility security officers;

4. Proposing modifications to the ship security plan;

5. Reporting to the company security officer any deficiencies and non-conformities identified during internal audits, periodic reviews, security inspections and verifications of compliance and implementing any corrective actions;

6. Enhancing security awareness and vigilance on board;

7. Ensuring that adequate training has been provided to shipboard personnel, as appropriate;

8. Reporting all security incidents;

9. Co-ordinating implementation of the ship security plan with the company security officer and the relevant port facility security officer; and

10. Ensuring that security equipment is properly operated, tested, calibrated and maintained, if any.

Source: ISPS Code.

Port Facility Security Officer

According to de ISPS Code, the port  facility  security  officer is the person designated as responsible for the development, implementation, revision and maintenance of the port facility security plan and for liaison with the ship security officers and company security officers.
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The duties and responsibilities of the port facility security officer shall include, but are not limited to:


1. Conducting an initial comprehensive security survey of the port facility taking into account the relevant port facility security assessment;

2. Ensuring the development and maintenance of the port facility security plan;

3. Implementing and exercising the port facility security plan;

4. Undertaking regular security inspections of the port facility to ensure the continuation of appropriate security measures;

5. Recommending and incorporating, as appropriate, modifications to the port facility security plan in order to correct deficiencies and to update the plan to take into account of relevant changes to the port facility;

6. Enhancing security awareness and vigilance of the port facility personnel;

7. Ensuring adequate training has been provided to personnel responsible for the security of the port facility;

8. Reporting to the relevant authorities and maintaining records of occurrences which threaten the security of the port facility;

9. Co-ordinating implementation of the port facility security plan with the appropriate Company and ship security officer(s);

10. Co-ordinating with security services, as appropriate;

11. Ensuring that standards for personnel responsible for security of the port facility are met;

12. ensuring that security equipment is properly operated, tested, calibrated and maintained, if any;

13. assisting ship security officers in confirming the identity of those seeking to board the ship when requested.

Source: ISPS Code

Oficial de Protección de Instalaciones Portuarias

El "Oficial de protección de la instalación portuaria" es definido por el Código PBIP como la persona designada para asumir la responsabilidad de la elaboración, implantación, revisión y actualización del plan de protección de la instalación portuaria, y para la coordinación con los oficiales de protección de los buques y con los oficiales de las compañías para la protección marítima.

Se designará un oficial de protección de la instalación portuaria para cada instalación portuaria. Una misma persona podrá ser designada oficial de protección de más de una instalación portuaria.

Además de las que se estipulan en otras secciones de la presente parte del Código, las tareas y responsabilidades del oficial de protección de la instalación portuaria serán, sin que esta enumeración sea exhaustiva, las siguientes:
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1. Llevar a cabo una evaluación inicial completa de la instalación portuaria, tomando en consideración la oportuna evaluación de la protección de la instalación portuaria;

2. Garantizar la elaboración y el mantenimiento del plan de protección de la instalación portuaria;

3. Implantar el plan de protección de la instalación portuaria y realizar prácticas con él;

4. Realizar periódicamente inspecciones de protección de la instalación portuaria para asegurarse de que las medidas de protección siguen siendo adecuadas;

5. Recomendar e incluir, según proceda, modificaciones en el plan de protección de la instalación portuaria a fin de subsanar deficiencias y actualizar el plan en función de los cambios que haya en la instalación portuaria;

6. Acrecentar la toma de conciencia de la protección y la vigilancia entre el personal de la instalación portuaria;

7. Asegurarse de que se ha impartido la formación adecuada al personal responsable de la protección de la instalación portuaria;

8. Informar a las autoridades pertinentes de los sucesos que supongan una amenaza para la protección de la instalación portuaria y llevar un registro de los mismos;

9. Coordinar la implantación del plan de protección de la instalación portuaria con los pertinentes oficiales de protección de los buques y oficiales de las compañías para la protección marítima;

10. Coordinarse con los servicios de protección necesarios;

11. Asegurarse de que se cumplen las normas relativas al personal responsable de la protección de la instalación portuaria;

12. Garantizar el funcionamiento, prueba, calibrado y mantenimiento adecuados del equipo de protección, si lo hay; y

13. Ayudar a los oficiales de protección de los buques a confirmar la identidad de las personas que deseen subir a bordo, cuando se les pida.

Fuente: Código PBIP

ISPS Code

Crédito: msecurity.ru
The Diplomatic Conference on Maritime  Security held in London in December 2002 adopted new provisions in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea and this Code  to enhance maritime security. These new requirements form the international framework through which ships and port facilities can co-operate to detect and deter acts which threaten security in the maritime transport sector.

The objectives of this Code are:

1. To establish an international framework involving co-operation between Contracting Governments, Government agencies, local administrations and the shipping and port industries to detect security threats and take preventive measures against security incidents affecting ships or port facilities used in international trade;

2. To establish the respective roles and responsibilities of the Contracting Governments, Government agencies, local administrations and the shipping and port industries, at the national and international level for ensuring maritime security;

3. To ensure the early and efficient collection and exchange of security-related information;

4. To provide a methodology for security assessments so as to have in place plans and procedures to react to changing security levels; and

5. To ensure confidence that adequate and proportionate maritime security measures are in place.

Source: ISPS Code

Merchant Marine Jobs

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The Merchant Marine is the privately or publicly owned commercial fleet of a nation.
 
When you think of the dozens of different ships in the maritime industry, and consider the special jobs that go along with each of these vessels, you have hundreds of options for jobs on workboats.

Shipboard jobs fall into three groups. Those in the engine department involve the powerplant and the ship’s physical systems. Deck jobs center on the control of the vessel and work outside of the engine department and galley. The steward’s department oversees the galley, food preparation and dining areas.

All three departments have jobs that parallel those in the world ashore. Engine department personnel represent all the mechanical skills required by a small city. They include stationary engineers, HVAC specialists and electricians, mechanics trained to repair both diesel and gasoline engines and unskilled laborers learning a trade. Deck department personnel include both skilled and unskilled laborers, painters, riggers and the managers who maintain operational control of the vessel. The steward’s department has the full complement of a cafeteria, including cooks and a variety of assistants.

Argentine Coast Guard (Argentine Naval Prefecture)

The Argentine Coast Guard (Argentine Naval Prefecture. In spanish: Prefectura Naval Argentina) is a police institution charged with protecting the country's rivers and maritime territory. It is responsible for the prevention of water pollution, the safety of life at sea, vessel inspections, the National Register of Ships, ports security, and other activities.
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This institution fulfills the functions of other countries' coast guards, and also acts as a gendarmerie force policing navigable rivers.
It has the navigation administrative jurisdiction. Therefore all the procedureres and paperwork concerning vessel registration, security certificates, shipping control, and many others should be submitted to it.

The Prefecture's main facility is located in the Edificio Guardacostas, at Madero Avenue 235, Buenos Aires.