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The effectiveness of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) in Nigeria

2011; Academic Journals; Volume: 5; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5897/ajbm10.1474

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Lazarus I. Okoroji, Wilfred I. Ukpere,

Border Security and International Relations

Over the years, acts of insecurity, lack of safety consciousness and threat of terrorism have pervaded the maritime landscape of the world economy. The obvious dishonest outlook and fraud-like tendencies which over the years, have formed the most basic characteristics of the maritime industry have never helped matters either way, but has indeed complicated the issue of high insecurity of the port industries worldwide. The amendment of the Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) introduced the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) code) as preventive measure against the likelihood of terrorist attacks on Ships and Port Facilities. Key words: Government, industry, maritime, security, port.