Seaport is a subsystem of the supply chain and it was provides a crucial link in the transport chain that facilitates the flow of cargo. The Paixao and Marlow (2003) stated that the modern seaport should be always flexible, more focus on the service orientation, and integrated with the terminals or centres to deal with constant unchanged business environments.
Ports and shipping sector have been a key factor in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region's extraordinary economic growth and development. Nowadays, the port is not a linkage between sea and lands, port also can hold the industrial complexes, warehouses and cities to ensure meet the customers’ demands rose in the market. Besides that, …show more content…
She also stated that 90 per cent of world’s shipped goods are defenceless to security threats. There are a few studies measures on the security level in the container shipping industry. The Hawkes (1989) defined container shipping security is measured by owners, port facilities and marine organizations in order to protect against sabotage, pilferage and annoyance. Besides that, Frankel (2005) suggested that the cargo security, ship security, data security access control and communication infrastructure must be contained in container shipping security measures. Furthermore, Yang (2006) stated that port security plan should contain several methods which are the ship and environmental control, personnel control, management training and the facilities control. McNicholas (2008) said that the port and shipping industry has faced the information security challenges in the modern information technology advanced market. The information security is to ensure the information is confidentially, authentication and availability. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) (2011) published the statistical data that each company experienced around 1.2 security incidents and loss 110,000 USD per …show more content…
The container ships will carry cargo from over hundreds of companies and the containers are loaded away from the port at individual company warehouses. A single container could also carry cargo for several customers, thus multiplying the number of parties and documents involved. The security of each transfer facility and the trustworthiness of each company are critical in the overall security of the shipment.
Besides that, the most complex challenge for port security and law enforcement is the formation of internal criminal conspiracies. The port security manager should ensure that only authorized and vetted personnel can act freely around the port to prevent the port employees’ unique access to vessels and infrastructure inside restricted access areas. Other than that, the inadequate training personnel who responsible for port security make port risk exposure to higher levels of crime and internal
Ports and shipping sector have been a key factor in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region's extraordinary economic growth and development. Nowadays, the port is not a linkage between sea and lands, port also can hold the industrial complexes, warehouses and cities to ensure meet the customers’ demands rose in the market. Besides that, …show more content…
She also stated that 90 per cent of world’s shipped goods are defenceless to security threats. There are a few studies measures on the security level in the container shipping industry. The Hawkes (1989) defined container shipping security is measured by owners, port facilities and marine organizations in order to protect against sabotage, pilferage and annoyance. Besides that, Frankel (2005) suggested that the cargo security, ship security, data security access control and communication infrastructure must be contained in container shipping security measures. Furthermore, Yang (2006) stated that port security plan should contain several methods which are the ship and environmental control, personnel control, management training and the facilities control. McNicholas (2008) said that the port and shipping industry has faced the information security challenges in the modern information technology advanced market. The information security is to ensure the information is confidentially, authentication and availability. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) (2011) published the statistical data that each company experienced around 1.2 security incidents and loss 110,000 USD per …show more content…
The container ships will carry cargo from over hundreds of companies and the containers are loaded away from the port at individual company warehouses. A single container could also carry cargo for several customers, thus multiplying the number of parties and documents involved. The security of each transfer facility and the trustworthiness of each company are critical in the overall security of the shipment.
Besides that, the most complex challenge for port security and law enforcement is the formation of internal criminal conspiracies. The port security manager should ensure that only authorized and vetted personnel can act freely around the port to prevent the port employees’ unique access to vessels and infrastructure inside restricted access areas. Other than that, the inadequate training personnel who responsible for port security make port risk exposure to higher levels of crime and internal