Items Tagged with 'port safety'

Windsor Port Authority improved waterway safety and security across its jurisdiction on the U.S.-Canada border with cameras from Axis Communications.

Ports and offshore facilities are also major elements of the maritime ecosystem, and they expose a collection of additional attack surfaces.

The Port of Valparaiso in Chile is updating its video surveillance systems. The port receives the highest number of passenger arrivals in Chile.

Travelers disembarking from Carnival Cruise Line journeys will now undergo a biometric screening process to confirm their identity at the Port of Baltimore.

Melanie Montroll, former Assistant Chief of the Harbor Police Department (HPD) at the Port of New Orleans, has been promoted to the role of Chief, responsible for all aspects of port security.

It’s challenging to find feasible solutions to an ongoing risk of flight attendants and frontline transportation workers being subject to workplace violence or physical altercations with customers or the public. Risk professionals should ensure these employees have access to self-defense training and others tools, as well as look to implement a zero-tolerance policy for passenger disruptions.

Narita Airport is installing 62 units of Ultraviolet (UV) light tray disinfection equipment across security checkpoints by March 2022.

The Transportation Security Administration will resume self-defense classes for flight attendants and pilots after not having the training for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The classes come as the airlines deal with a surge in cases of unruly passengers and violent behavior on flights.

The Minister of Transport in Canada has launched two new contribution funding programs to help Canada's airports recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research done by Finnish University discovers more insight into how coronaviruses spread on cruise ships, along with mitigation security and safety measures that companies can take to bump up safety.