Danish Maritime Authority Enhances Ship Security

Danish Maritime Authority Enhances Ship Security

The Danish Maritime Authority has enhanced the security of ships and port facilities for passenger and cargo ships engaged on domestic voyages and, at the same time, reduces the administrative and certification requirements imposed on the industry.

In cooperation with the National Commission of the Danish Police (the Danish Security and Intelligence Service), the Chief of Command Denmark and the Danish Coastal Authority, the Danish Maritime Authority has amended the regulations on the security of ships engaged on domestic voyages.

In addition to enhancing security, the new regulations involve a considerable reduction of daily work. In the future, the ships no longer have to be certified, inspected and approved in accordance with the EU Regulation on enhanced security of ships and port facilities (the ISPS Code). Instead, the crew and shipowners must have procedures for assessing the security threat against the ship. This also means that the security level on ships is similar to that of other means of transport, such as trains, city buses and port buses.

The new provisions apply only to passenger and cargo ships exclusively engaged on domestic voyages in Denmark that are obliged to have a safety management system in accordance with the so-called ISM Code (the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention). The order entered into force on 11 March 2013.

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DMA, March 12, 2013