Legal regime of ISPS Code: Maritime Security in Bangladesh

Author: Md. Asraful Alam, Moklasur Rahman
DOI: doi.org/10.70279/bmj-v1-i1-1095
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International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) plays a vital role in the shipping industry, ports and the associate bodies of Government for maritime nations in particular. The strategic trend of transporting merchandise from one State to another is significantly increasing. However, unsteady world politics, the threat of extremism and maritime casualties very often affects the total maritime sector. For safe and security in this sector, legal regime of ISPS Code under chapter XI-2 of SOLAS is evolved after 9/11 attack in the USA. It comprises different levels of security, Governments obligations, the responsibility of ports, shipping industry and other stakeholders. ISPS Code established an international framework to foster cooperation among the Contracting Governments, Government agencies, local administrations and the shipping and port industries, in assessing and detecting potential security threats to ships or port facilities used for international trade. Bangladesh is not apart from these threats. Any threat to this sector may cause demolishing the whole development of the country. The concerned authority should take immediate steps towards confirming strong security according to the standard mentioned in ISPS.