Vessel Assessments

At Meridian Global Consulting, we are committed to providing a scalable solution to your safety and security needs. We will travel throughout your fleet when your vessels reach various ports, conduct a vessel assessment, modify and update your Ship’s Security Plan, conduct Crew Security Awareness Training, and conduct Drills/Exercises with the crew. With our vessel assessment, we will offer scalable layers of protection ranging from steel-reinforced improvements to your lower exterior hatches and drop down cages to Thermal and Night Vision Marine Cameras. After the assessment is conducted, you decide what level you will implement.

Ship Security Plan

Security Plans are executed and designed in accordance with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship & Port Security (ISPS) Code, the US Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) and all USCG Port Advisories. Developing a Facility and/or Ship Security Plan is a 5 step process:

• On Scene Security Survey (OSSS)
• Port Facility/Ship Security Assessment (PFSA/SSA)
• Port Facility/Ship Security Plan (PFSP/SSP)
• Port Facility/Ship Security Procedures
• Submission of Security Plan for Implementation

Depending on which level of Meridian Global’s scalable solution you decide on, Meridian Global Consulting will customize and implement those modifications.

Shipboard Personnel Security Awareness Training

These courses introduce shipboard crew to the general security awareness knowledge that is required by both the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship & Port Security (ISPS) Code and the US Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA). This course is based upon the model structure outlined by the IMO model course. TRAINING OFFERED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND GERMAN

3rd Party Ship Security Plan Audits

Meridian Global will conduct required 3rd party audits of the Ship Security Plans and make relevant amendments and appropriate submissions as per MTSA 33 CFR (104.415 and 105.415) and ISPS Code (B/9.53 and B/16.58-16.60).

Drills and Exercises

Facilitate required drills (quarterly) and exercises (annually) as required by MTSA 33 CFR (104.230 and 105.220) and ISPS (B/13.5 - 13.8, 18.4 - 18.6).