They are composed of industrial, hardware and software components, in particular radars and sensor packages and can be divided into Vessel Traffic Services ('VTS') systems, used to ensure navigational safety in a predefined geographic area (safety segment of MSS systems), and coastal surveillance systems ('CSS') used to control and secure maritime borders against threats, such as smuggling and illegal immigration (security segment of MSS).

This directive on port security, together with Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 on ship and port facility security, provides the necessary framework for protecting the whole chain of maritime transport logistics (from the ship to the port via the ship/port interface and the whole port area) against the risk of unlawful attacks on EU territory.

[English] - the Government of Canada national security policy six-point plan to enhance marine security, for which you can find an update published yesterday; - establishing a marine facility security contribution program to assist ports and other marine facilities with security enhancements, for which the first tranche of announcements was done last month. [Translation] Transport Canada is working to further enhance the security of Canada's marine transportation system by: —creating and implementing Marine Transportation Security Regulations, which provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for marine security, and incorporate the International Maritime Organizat ...[+++]ion's International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code, which came into force July 1, 2004.

The national security policy elaborates a $308 million, six-point plan to enhance marine security by clarifying and strengthening the accountability for marine security; establishing marine security operation centres; increasing the on-water presence of the coast guard, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Canadian Forces Maritime Command; and increasing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans aerial surveillance activities; securing fleet communications; pursuing closer coordination with the United States to enhance our collective marine defence and security; and finally, strengthening security at ports and other marine facilitie ...[+++]s, such as our seaway locks.

Mr. Paul Kavanagh (Special Advisor, Marine Security Operations, Marine Security, Department of Transport): The marine security inspectors are people who were hired by Transport Canada specifically for the purpose of marine security.

(2) On 12 December 2002, the Diplomatic Conference of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) adopted a number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and an International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) that provide a set of measures regarding maritime security.