Maritime security is on the agenda at a table top exercise taking place in Maputo, Mozambique (5-6 April) aimed at supporting Mozambique’s national capacity to perform coastguard functions. The IMO-led exercise involves a range of scenarios, including policy decisions and crisis/emergency management and response, to highlight the need for an integrated, multi-agency approach in implementing maritime security measures and maritime law enforcement.
In particular, the exercise refers to the IMO instruments SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (further info). This event is the fourth in a new series of maritime security table top exercises to be conducted in East Africa – offered to the Djibouti Code of Conduct signatory States. It follows the successful series of contingency planning seminars that have been conducted in West Africa.
IMO is being represented by Gisela Vieira and a team of consultants.