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News » General news » US to Impose Tough Port State Control Measures on Cyber Risk Management
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| 24/11/2020 |
| US to Impose Tough Port State Control Measures on Cyber Risk Management |
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Members may recall that in June 2017, International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its 98th session of Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted resolution MSC 428 (98), which encourages national administrations to ensure that cyber risks are appropriately addressed in safety management systems (SMS) no later than the first annual verification of the company’s Document of Compliance after 1 January 2021.
We are not too far from 1 January 2021, and members may receive more detailed information on this from their flag states. Recently United States Coast Guard (USCG) issued information on how they will proceed on ensuring compliance to this resolution.
USCG has instructed their Marine Inspectors (MI) and Port State Control Officers (PSCO) on how to evaluate an SMS and what actions to take in the event of a non-compliance.
The USCG expects that all companies with U.S. flagged ships and foreign flagged ships that call on ports in the U.S. ensure cyber risk management is appropriately addressed in their SMS. In this connection, USCG will include cyber risk assessment in their PSC inspection post 1 January 2021.
Source: BIMCO |
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