Private maritime security standards appear to be a bit like buses – you wait for years for one to turn up and then two arrive almost at once.
Private maritime security standards appear to be a bit like buses – you wait for years for one to turn up and then two arrive almost at once.
There appears to be some confusion in the security industry at the moment, as a new UK standard has been announced by the rather ominously named “Security in Complex Environments Group (SCEG)”. The group, which is a collective of UK based companies has announced their own standard. While over in the international camp, the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has developed a standard and accreditation process which was launched recently and which reportedly has a significant number of companies passing through it.
With seemingly competing standards it is perhaps easy to see where the confusion has arisen – but can the standards co-exist? Is it a case that the UK view will prevail, or will the international approach win out?
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