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A guide on maritime security. It explains how commercial seaports and vessels function; what threats exist; what security policies, procedures, systems, and measures must be implemented to mitigate these threats; and how to conduct ship and port security assessments and plans.
List of contents
Chapter 1 - Commercial Seaports & Modes of Maritime Transport
Chapter 2 -- Documentation, Financial Transactions, & Business Entities in Commercial Maritime Transportation
Chapter 3 -- International and US Maritime Security Regulation and Programs
Chapter 4 -- Vulnerabilities in the Cargo Supply Chain
Chapter 5 -- Plagues of the Seas: Piracy & Stowaways
Chapter 6 -- Drug Smuggling via Maritime Cargo, Containers, and Vessels
Chapter 7 -- Terrorism and Commercial Maritime Transportation
Chapter 8 -- A Strategic Blueprint for World-Class Seaport Security
Chapter 9 -- Port Security Management
Chapter 10 -- Threat Mitigation Strategies
Chapter 11 -- Information Security and Assurance
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Maritime Security is a textbook that should be required reading for those homeland security officials, the U.S. Coast Guard, policy makers, goverment and private sector professionals, those who sail or take cruise ships to Western Europe, students involved in maritime security, down to hands-on level seaport security professionals nad commercial maritime transport workers...Even if you are not a national security practitioner, Maritime Security is a useful reference to qualify and validate what the popular media are saying and writing about piracy.--Gene Poteat, The Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies , 16.2, 2008.
