To guarantee safety, security, and sustainable development in the ports, the Agency carries out its mission through communication, surveillance, traffic control, and assistive devices for customs controls and security.
Design and implement a safety management system in the ports
Objectives :
- ◊ Develop a body of regulations necessary to implement safety provisions ;
- ◊ Develop a Safety Management System (SMS).
Install mobile scanners for checking containers and roll on roll off units in major trade ports (Nador, Tanger, Casablanca, Agadir)
Objectives :
- ◊ Check the contents of containers, roll on roll off units, and other types of vehicles, from import to export ;
- ◊ Enable operators to carry out their customs control and security tasks in the best conditions.
Develop a security policy
Objectives :
- ◊ Define the rules of maritime and port safety applicable to ships and port facilities, ;
- ◊ Transpose certain provisions of the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the ISPS code into national legislation.
Assessing port towage
Objectives :
- ◊ Consider and identify the risks inherent to this activity in order to reduce them by establishing the appropriate organizational scenario with the overall goal of improving port security.
- ◊ Establish the necessary towing capacity size in ports according to the vessels that dock there; the number of types of tugs, power, and traction force, etc.
Study the physicochemical and microbiological qualities of water and sediments in Morocco’s port basins.
Objectives :
- ◊ Develop a physicochemical and microbiologic quality standard of water and sediments in Morocco’s dock basins ;
- ◊ Develop seven regional boards and a national board to disseminate information and raise awareness of the bodies concerned.
Supplying, installing, and commissioning methods of communicating and recording port communications
Objectives : establish a system of communication among ships as well as recording and archiving these communications.
Supplying, installing, and commissioning four « Vessel Traffic Service » (VTS) Port Authorities in the Nador, Mohammedia, Agadir and Laâyoune ports.
Objectives : establish a system for monitoring approaches and anchorages, monitoring and regulating maritime port traffic, contact with vessels, fighting pollution, as well as ensuring port safety and security.
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