OSCE consults Turkmenistan in port control procedures and security issues
By Trend
Port control procedures and security issues discussed at
OSCE-organized training course in Turkmenbashi International
Seaport on Caspian Sea, Trend reports referring to the OSCE.
More than 25 seaport security and law enforcement officials
completed a five-day practical training course on port security
management and procedures on December 2018. The course, held at the
Turkmenbashi International Seaport on the Caspian Sea, was
organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat.
International experts from the United States and the United Kingdom
presented the concepts of maritime security and border and
borderlands, layers of risk, and key examples of transnational
threats at marine borders such as drug trafficking, piracy and
maritime terrorism. The participants discussed port security
assessment and planning, emergency preparedness and security
control administration.
“In May 2018, Turkmenistan inaugurated a new seaport on the Caspian
Sea, which will become a regional hub connecting Europe and Asia,”
said Dmitry Zagrotskiy, Officer-in-Charge of the OSCE Centre in
Ashgabat.
“The increased capacity of the new port will require advanced
training on modern port control and maritime security procedures,
including marine border checkpoints, for the personnel of the port
administration, and law enforcement agencies represented at the
port,” he said.
“It is symbolic that guided by the priorities of Turkmenistan’s
transport policy, the Centre organized this training course as a
successful accomplishment of its activities in 2018, the year in
which the Government proclaimed that ‘Turkmenistan is the heart of
the Great Silk Road,” Zagrotskiy said.
The training programme offered practical exercises and case studies
addressing maritime security control and port security management
procedures. It also included a visit to the port area to
demonstrate methods of cargo and passenger control as well as
vessel registration and management procedures.
The participants stressed the importance of using advanced
screening techniques and equipment to efficiently counter
transnational threats at marine borders.
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