A national workshop on ‘International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code Training for Port Facility Personnel with Designated Security Duties’ is being conducted in Bridgetown Port, Barbados (19-22 October). The workshop will train such personnel to perform their duties in accordance with relevant IMO maritime security measures, including chapter XI‐2 of SOLAS, the ISPS code and the IMO/ILO code of practice on security in ports. Held at the request of the Ministry of International Business and Transport of Barbados, it will also equip participants to train others with similar responsibilities.
IMO’s Hélio Vicente and Henrik Madsen are facilitating the workshop with a team of consultants. Bridgetown is the major port of entry for the majority of materials and goods used in Barbados’s manufacturing and retail sectors, and all visiting cruise vessels also berth there.