Intermodal Maritime Security

Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation offers every stakeholder involved in international transactions the tools needed to assess the essential risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the global supply chain. The book examines the role intermodal maritime transportation plays in global security, surveying its critical policies, procedures, operations, infrastructure and systems. Linking new technological standards with intermodal operations, this book provides the foundational knowledge readers need, including transportation and maritime trade students, researchers, practitioners and regulatory agencies.

• Blends academic knowledge with real-world experiences
• Drawn from subject matter experts in academia, importers and exporters, transportation firms, and trade intermediaries
• Breadth of multidisciplinary coverage from maritime supply chains, port and maritime operations, as well as cyber and physical security

Contenu

Section I Introduction 1. 9/11, MTSA and how we got to where we are

Section II Overview of Intermodal Maritime Operations 2. Intermodalism History, Advantages, and Disadvantages 3. Water and Landside Components 4. Other Transportation Modes

Section III The Nature of Intermodal Maritime Security Risk 5. Nature of the Intermodal Maritime Security Risk 6. Components of Intermodal Maritime Security Risk 7. Threats from Terrorists and other Violent Non-State Actors 8. Physical and Technological Considerations 9. Vulnerabilities, Gaps and the Future of Physical and Technological Security Measures 10. Information Security and Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities

Section IV Security Measures and Public Policy 11. Multilateral Trading Partner Policies 12. Intermodal Transport Security: An Israeli Perspective

Section V Risk Mitigation Approach 13. Assessment at Foreign Ports of Loading 14. In-Transit Threats and Risk Management 15. Assessment at U.S. Ports 16. Routing Analysis, Risk and Resiliency

Section VI The Way Forward: Recommendations 17. Application of Systems Theory 18. Public Policy and Security Partnerships 19. Intermodal Maritime Security: Where Do We Go From Here?