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17 Security
17.1 OBJECTIVE
The objective of this Chapter is to provide guidance on the considerations and requirements necessary
to meet the provisions of the IMO ISPS Code.
17.2 SCOPE
17.2.1 The scope of this Chapter is to ensure security in the operation of MASS by, inter alia:
n Ensuring the performance of all MASS security duties;
n Controlling access to the MASS itself and to its control station;
n Reducing the risk of third-party cyber interception of MASS communications;
n Controlling the embarkation of persons on the MASS;
n Monitoring restricted areas of the MASS control station to ensure that only authorised persons have access;
n Monitoring both the MASS and the control station;
n Ensuring that security communication is readily available.
17.2.2 The regulation of ship security may be found in a number of sources including in the Annex to the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (as amended), SOLAS Chapter XI-2, as well as the International
Ship & Port Facility Security Code, 2003 and SOLAS amendments (the ISPS Code).
17.2.3 Both SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the mandatory obligations found in Part A of the ISPS Code apply to “ships” of
500 gross tonnage and upwards. Such obligations would only find application to those MASS which are registered
as “ships” under international law and meet this tonnage threshold.
17.2.4 The Administration may allow a particular ship, or group of ships, to implement other security measures equivalent
to those prescribed under both SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and in Part A of the ISPS Code, provided those measures
are at least as effective in ensuring security.
17.2.5 Even outside the direct applicability of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code measures should be taken by
MASS Operating Companies to ensure security in the operation of MASS.
17.2.6 MASS Owners and Operators are responsible for security in the operation of their MASS. Ensuring MASS security
will require technical requirements for the MASS itself as well as procedures to be observed by the MASS
operating company and the employment of qualified security personnel.
17.3 MASS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
17.3.1 MASS shall be designed so as to ensure appropriate compliance with the objectives of this Chapter.
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