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Maritime Security, 2e, provides practical, experience-based, and proven knowledge - and a "how-to-guide"--Maritime security. McNicholas explains in clear language how commercial seaports and vessels function; what threats currently exist; what security policies, procedures, systems, and me...

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Main Author: McNicholas, Michael
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Massachusetts : Academic, ©2008.
Edition:Second Edition
Series:Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series.
Subjects:
Merchant marine > Security measures.
Shipping > Security measures.
Marine terminals > Security measures.
Merchant marine > Safety measures.
Ships
Security Measures
Marine marchande > Sécurité > Mesures.
Terminaux maritimes > Sécurité > Mesures.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Marine terminals > Security measures
Merchant marine > Security measures
Shipping > Security measures
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Commercial seaports and modes of maritime transport
  • Documentation, financial transactions, and business entities in commercial maritime transportation
  • International and U.S. maritime security regulation and programs
  • Vulnerabilities in the cargo supply chain
  • Plagues of the seas: piracy and stowaways
  • Drug smuggling via maritime cargo, containers, and vessels
  • Terrorism and commercial maritime transportation
  • A strategic blueprint for world-class seaport security
  • Port security management
  • Threat mitigation strategies
  • Information security and assurance.