Domestic Ferries Security Regulations (SOR/2009-321)

Marginal note:Domestic ferry facility

88. If a domestic ferry facility handles cargo, security procedures for the handling of cargo at MARSEC level 1 shall be established in the security plan in respect of the ferry facility, as appropriate to its operations, including

• (a) verifying that cargo, containers and cargo transport units entering the ferry facility match the invoice or other cargo documentation;

• (b) inspecting cargo, containers, cargo transport units and cargo storage areas in the ferry facility before and during cargo handling operations to detect evidence of tampering; and

• (c) examining seals and other methods used to detect evidence of tampering when cargo, containers, or cargo transport units enter the ferry facility or are stored there.

Marginal note:Domestic ferry facility

89. If a domestic ferry facility handles cargo, additional security procedures for the handling of cargo at MARSEC level 2 shall be established in the security plan in respect of the ferry facility, as appropriate to its operations, including

• (a) intensifying inspections to ensure that only documented cargo enters the ferry facility;

• (b) increasing the frequency and detail of examinations of seals and other methods used to prevent tampering;

• (c) segregating inbound cargo, outbound cargo and ships’ stores;

• (d) increasing the frequency and intensity of visual and physical inspections; and

• (e) limiting the number of locations where certain dangerous cargoes, if any, are stored.

Marginal note:Domestic ferry facility

90. If a domestic ferry facility handles cargo, additional security procedures for the handling of cargo at MARSEC level 3 shall be established in the security plan in respect of the ferry facility, as appropriate to its operations, including

• (a) confirming the inventory and location of certain dangerous cargoes in the ferry facility;

• (b) suspending cargo movements or cargo operations in all or part of the ferry facility; and

• (c) cooperating with emergency response providers, vessels or marine facilities.

Marginal note:Objectives

• 91. (1) Security procedures for the delivery of ships’ stores and bunkers shall be established in the security plan in respect of a domestic ferry and the security plan in respect of a domestic ferry facility for all MARSEC levels, as appropriate to the operations of the ferry or the ferry facility, in order to

  • (a) inspect ships’ stores for package integrity;

  • (b) prevent ships’ stores from being accepted without inspection;

  • (c) prevent tampering; and

  • (d) prevent ships’ stores and bunkers from being accepted without being ordered.

• Marginal note:Standing procedures

  (2) If a domestic ferry routinely interfaces with the same domestic ferry facility, the security plan in respect of the ferry may establish standing procedures involving the ferry, its suppliers, and the ferry facility regarding the notification and timing of deliveries, and their documentation.