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What Is Ship Security Plan (SSP)?
Ship Security Plan (SSP)
is a plan that is formulated to ensure that that the measures laid out in the
plan with respect to the security of the ship are applied onboard.
This is in place to
protect the personnel, cargo, cargo transport units, stores etc from any
security-related risks.
The plan specifies
responsibilities and procedures to counteract any anticipated threat to the
vessel and her cargo.
Ship Security Plan (SSP) သည် သင်္ဘော၏ လုံခြုံရေးနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ အစီအစဉ်တွင် ချမှတ်ထားသော အစီအမံများကို သင်္ဘောပေါ်တွင် သက်ရောက်ကြောင်း သေချာစေရန် ရေးဆွဲထားသော အစီအစဉ်တစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။
၎င်းသည် ဝန်ထမ်းများ၊ ကုန်တင်ကုန်ချ၊ ကုန်တင်သယ်ယူပို့ဆောင်ရေးယူနစ်များ၊ သင်္ဘောအပိုပစ္စည်းများ သိုလှောင်ထားရှိမှုစသည်ဖြင့် လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ အန္တရာယ်များမှ ကာကွယ်ရန် နေရာဖြစ်သည်။
အဆိုပါ အစီအစဉ်တွင် သင်္ဘောနှင့် ၎င်း၏ ကုန်တင်ကုန်ချအတွက် မျှော်မှန်းထားသည့် ခြိမ်းခြောက်မှုမှန်သမျှကို တန်ပြန်ရန် တာဝန်ရှိမှုနှင့် လုပ်ထုံးလုပ်နည်းများကို သတ်မှတ်ဖော်ပြထားသည်။
The ISPS Code makes it mandatory
for a vessel to have such a plan in place. The SSP must lay out the protective
measures for each security level vis a vis ship related
activities, access control onboard, monitoring of the restricted areas, cargo
handling, receiving of stores/baggage etc.
The CSO must ensure that
the ship is provided with such a plan commensurate with the ISPS Code. The SSP
is a critical document, the information of which is to be restricted to
designated personnel on board and not shared deliberately; the plan must be protected
from unauthorised access or disclosure.
Requirements For Ship
Security Plan (SSP)
- Developed for each ship, the SSP
should take into account the security level of the port facility
- Measures and equipment to prevent
any threat to the ship and to prevent the carriage of any unauthorised
units onboard
- Ship Security Personnel (SSP) must
establish measures against unwanted access to the ship
- As per SSP, a Ship Security
Officer (SSO) must be appointed onboard to execute the SSP
- Depending upon the Code
interpreted and followed, the SSP should be formulated by an approved
Organisation
- The plan must be developed after a
thorough security assessment of the ship taking into account the guidance
laid out in the ISPS Code
Contents of Ship Security
Plan (SSP)
The SSP must address the
following aspects:
- Preventive measures against
weapons, hazardous substances, devices that may be intended for use
against the safety and security of the ship
- Specific identification of
restricted areas and preventive action against access to any such
designated areas
- Action to be taken when the ship
is facing a security threat or breach taking into account the critical
operations of the ship
- Complying with instructions of the
Contracting Government with respect to the security level
- Evacuation procedures that might
have to be carried out in case of a breach that cannot be combatted
- Specific duties of the shipboard
personnel with responsibilities when security is in question
- Procedures for auditing
security-related activities
- Procedures for training and drills
associated with the plan
- Procedures for liaising with the
port facility
- Procedures for reporting
security-related incidents
- Designation and
identification of the SSO and the CSO with duties and contact details
- Procedures to maintain, test and
calibrate equipment pertaining to the Code. This shall include details of
the frequency of the tests to be carried out as well
- Locations where the SSAS is
provided and the guidance on using the SSAS. Usage instructions should
also include details of testing of SSAS and information regarding false
alerts as well
It is important to
remember that the SSP is NOT subject to inspection unless in a case
specifically specified by the Code. Unless there is proper evidence to prove
that the SSP has not been complied with, an inspection may not be allowed.
Even when there is a
plausible cause for non-compliance, an inspection may only be carried out
specifically with the aspects that violate the SSP and not an entire check on
the SSP.
This can only be done
with consent from the Master of the vessel. The Master always has the
overriding authority to call the shots, especially when the safety and security
of the vessel are in question.
If in the professional
judgement (and experience) of the Master, there is a conflict in the operations
of the ship in relation to the SSP, he may use temporary measures to upkeep the
security until the conflict is resolved. Any such temporary measure must be, so
far as practicable, be commensurate with the prevailing security level.
Implementation of
Ship Security Plan (SSP)
Unless implemented with
diligence, the SSP will be a worthless piece of paper! The SSO must ensure that
the SSP is implemented to the best possible extent to maintain its
effectiveness.
From carrying out
training and drills to specifying to personnel about their respective duties as
per the SSP, the SSO is a vital entity in the implementation of the SSP.
Along with briefings and
debriefings, an appraisal must also be carried out to check the level of
contribution of the personnel.
With the dynamic nature
of shipping, the SSO under the auspices of the Master must identify any
shortcomings in the plan.
Remedial measures and a
review of the same must be sent to the CSO as suggestions to keep the SSP
updated as well as to ensure that the security aspect is upheld without any
compromise.
Any such suggestions to
bring about a change in the existing plan must be backed up by a thorough
security assessment of the vessel.
Damage to shipping from
entities that intending to pose threat is ever-changing. The security of the
vessel is not just for namesake but for the very protection of the ship and its
resources, the most valuable resource being the manpower.
It is therefore
imperative to always assign due importance to the SSP and its implementation.
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