Maritime Security Assistance to Honduras and Guatemala

One of the key objectives of the CICTE Maritime Security Program is to help the OAS Member States to strengthen their capacities to comply effectively with the security requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) of the International Maritime Organization. Towards this end, the CICTE Secretariat facilitates a series of port facility security and training needs assessments, to evaluate access controls at port facilities, counter terrorism and law enforcement capabilities, cargo security, customs, crisis management capabilities, in order to detect vulnerabilities and help mitigate them. Hart Security Maritime Services Ltd. was contracted to execute the “Port Security Assessment and Training Project in Guatemala and Honduras”, which included assessments in 2008 and follow-on training in April and May 2009 in the following five ports: the port of Puerto Cortés in Honduras; the Roatan cruise ship terminal in Honduras; the port of Puerto Castilla in Honduras; the port of Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla, and its cruise ship terminal, in Guatemala; and the port of Puerto Quetzal (Guatemala).

Previously in April 2009, follow-on training was conducted in the three ports in Honduras.  In May, training took place in Guatemala at the port of Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla (Access control, Security Guards, Security Awareness, Customs and Crisis Management Exercise related training) and the port of Puerto Quetzal (Port Facility Security Officer course; Train the Trainer, Access control, Security Guards, Security Awareness and Customs related training) its adjacent cruise ship terminal.

For more information, contact the manager assigned to the program