Risk Intelligence has launched a new service that monitors security issues in ports worldwide.
In a press conference earlier today in London, chief executive Hans Tino Hansen said there was an increasing demand for information about terminals.
He said: “They (customers) were seeing an increasingly complex risk picture emerging in many ports and they began to tell us they needed a one-stop port risk advisory service.
“In order to make sure shipping companies are fully prepared, we look at all aspects of port operations, from barriers and gates to the political backdrop and local police force.”
Risk Intelligence’s database currently consists of more than 100 ports in nearly 70 countries of medium and high risk areas.
Ian Wilkinson, port risk manager at Risk Intelligence, told TradeWinds that safety is an overriding factor at facilities that operate 24/7.
He said: “You must have enough people to manage a shift system and increase lighting in the port.”
