Indonesia is the latest country to benefit from IMO support to increase maritime and port security. The first dedicated maritime security workshop in the country for several years took place in Bali (15-18 October) building on a regional event, run by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and IMO, on maritime counter-terrorism legal frameworks earlier this year.

Over thirty participants from Indonesia’s Directorate General of Sea Transportation, harbour master and port authorities, Directorate of Sea and Coast Guard and private companies attended the workshop. The training focused on two key IMO maritime security instruments – SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code.

Participants were trained in how to apply provisions in these instruments. Topics including how to assess maritime security risk and how to develop, maintain and supervise implementation of the port facility security assessment, survey and plan, were covered.

The event was run under IMO’s Technical Cooperation Programme, with support from experts from the UK’s International Maritime Security Operations Team, Department for Transport, and observers from the United States Coast Guard.

Find out more about IMO’s maritime security work, here.