2007

We undertook our course revaldation by TRANSEC in August 2007. We have also expanded our courses to reflect the wider issues of security in the business protection and recovery areas.

2006

2006 proved to be a relatively quiet year with few enquiries for PFSO courses and none were run. We provided and ran two courses on Security Awareness for Stevedores and Port Personnel, which proved popular with the staff attending and the PFSO's at the ports where they worked.  

Our lecturers attended at the TRANSEC Seminars on Maritime Security and continued to remain otherwise current in their military and commercial fields.

ISPS application featured in an arbitration where one of our lecturers attended as an Expert Witness.  An attempt was made by one party to allege that their actions in preventing proper access by interested parties was a consequence of the ISPS Rules.

Hopefully 2007 will see a resurgence of interest as PFSO's require refresher courses and more Deputy PFSO's seek initial training.

2005

The year 2005 proved most interesting.  In addition to the courses for Principal and Deputy Port Facility Security Officers, we were involved in the safe overnight escort, from Felixstowe to Heathrow, of a foreign mariner who had been arrested and jailed in Norwich prison for causing ‘Actual Bodily Harm’ then released pending deportation.