In Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia, Suk Kyoon Kim offers a multi-disciplinary perspective on various issues of maritime safety and security, focusing on East Asia. Defining the concepts of maritime safety and security, the book examines important issues such the legal frameworks for maritime safety and security and IMO law-making; safety of navigation; port state control; maritime terrorism; SUA Convention regime; piracy; ISPS Code and port and container security; and PSI. The author further undertakes an exploration of the roles of coast guards in East Asia as maritime safety and security enforcers, and national maritime safety and security legislations in China, Japan and Korea.
Suk Kyoon Kim, Ph.D. (2005), Hanyang University, is Adjunct Professor at that University and former Commissioner General of the Korea Coast Guard. Based on his career experiences, he has published many articles and books, including Maritime Disputes in Northeast Asia (Brill/Nijhoff, 2017).
Preface List of Illustrations
1 Defining Maritime Safety and Security
I Safe Uses of the Sea
II Understanding of Maritime Safety and Security
III Maritime Safety and Security Domains
2 Legal Framework for Maritime Safety and Security and
IMO
Law-Making
I Introduction
II Legal Framework for Maritime Safety and Security in the
UNCLOS
III Institutional Structure of the
IMO
and Its Roles
IV The
IMO
International Law-Making Process
V Enforcement by Flag, Coastal, and Port State
VI Status of
IMO
Conventions and Related Legal Instruments
VII Conclusion
3 Safety of Navigation and Port State Control
I Introduction
II Principal Regulations Governing the Safety of Navigation
III Ships and Navigational Safety Measures
IV Safety Measures to Prevent Marine Pollution
V Overview of Port State Control
VI Regional
PSC
Regimes
VII Conclusion
4 Maritime Terrorism and the
SUA
Convention Regime
I Introduction
II The Nature of Maritime Terrorism
III Objectives and Methods of Maritime Terrorism
IV Maritime Terrorist Organizations
V The
SUA
Convention Regime
VI Conclusion
5 Contemporary Piracy: Nature and Reality
I Emergence of Contemporary Piracy
II Definitions of Piracy and their Distinction from other Unlawful Acts at Sea
III Typology of Contemporary Piracy
IV Aspects of Contemporary Piracy Attacks: Trends, Features and Violence
V Costs of Piracy
VI Global Counter-Piracy Efforts and Policy Reponses
VII Efforts of East Asian Countries to Combat Piracy
VIII Conclusion
6
ISPS
Code and Port & Cargo Container Security
I Introduction
II Adoption of the
ISPS
Code
III Regulations of the
ISPS
Code
IV Implementation of the
ISPS
Code of East Asian Countries
V U.S. Maritime Security Legislations
VI U.S. Port and Cargo Container Security Programs
VII Conclusion
7 Enforcement of Proliferation Security Initiative (
PSI
) and Challenges
I Evolution of the Proliferation Security Initiative
II Nature of the
PSI
III Interdiction Principles and Participation in the
PSI
IV The
PSI
and International Law
V Enforcement of Interdictions
VI Challenges to the
PSI
VII Conclusion 8 Growing Roles of Coast Guards in East Asia
I Introduction
II Overview of Coast Guards in East Asia
III Roles and Duties of Coast Guards
IV Status of Coast Guard Ships in International Law: Rights and Responsibilities
V Build-Ups of Coast Guards in East Asia
VI Reinforcement of Major Coast Guards in East Asia
VII Conclusion
9 Conclusion
Index
All involved in maritime affairs, especially graduate students, practitioners and researchers specialized in maritime safety and security.