Trinidad & Tobago selects SeaSecure for port security

Thursday, January 22, 2004

FT. LAUDERDALE, USA: A consortium of Trinidad and Tobago government and port authority operators announced that it has selected SeaSecure LLC to perform maritime security port vulnerability assessments and security plans for their strategic port facilities. 

In Trinidad, a member of the selection committee, Captain Rawle Badaloo, Vice President of Commercial Relations & Harbor Management for Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation Ltd. (PLIPDECO), added that, "The decision to select SeaSecure was easy due its experience and international reputation. Kim Petersen is very well known here in the Caribbean Basin, and we know that we are in the best of hands working with SeaSecure." 

"SeaSecure is very proud to have been selected by Trinidad and Tobago to provide these essential maritime security services," said Kim Petersen, SeaSecure's President. "We look forward to working with both government and industry representatives as we begin the assessment and plans process mandated by the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code." SeaSecure is providing similar services to several other Caribbean nations, including Grenada and Aruba.

Seaport vulnerability assessments and security plans are now required due to the passage of the International Port Facility and Security Code. The ISPS Code was adopted by the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address maritime security at all international ports and the security of ships engaged in international commerce. The ISPS Code has set strict standards for port and ship operators that must be achieved by 1 July 2004.  

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