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 The World Bank's ports and transport specialists organize and deliver training in key areas of transport systems regulation, organization and management, to increase overall efficiency of national transport networks and enhance external trade competitiveness. In addition, a world-class knowledge base is provided which addresses all relevant public management aspects of ports and logistics operations.
As part of the World Bank PRAL group, comprising ports & waterborne transport, trade logistics and facilitation, railways, and aviation, the mission of the ports and waterborne transport team is to promote awareness and exchange of good practice in ports and logistics activities, in terms of institutional development, operations, and finance, through training courses, study tours, and sharing of experience. In Focus | Supply Chain Security Guide On the occasion of the 25th International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) Biennial Conference in 2007, a number of port and shipping specialists convened and debated the growing complexity of Supply Chain Security. They concluded that there is a need to inform and alert trade, logistics and transport governmental and private decision-makers, stakeholders, practitioners and communities, particularly in developing countries, about the rise of a multiplicity of SCS initiatives and programs, and the impact of their implementation on international commerce. The World Bank then embarked on the production of the Supply Chain Security Guide which addresses the following topics: - What is supply chain security?Â
- Is it important to know about it?Â
- Who are the principal players / initiators?Â
- What are ports and logistic operators required to know or do so as to be ready when the SCS initiative compliance becomes globally compulsory?Â
- What is likely to happen in the field of SCS in the coming period of time?Â
- What is the expected end vision?
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code Maritime security is an integral part of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) responsibilities. A comprehensive security regime for international shipping entered into force on 1 July 2004. The mandatory security measures, adopted in December 2002, include a number of amendments to the 1974 Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), the most far-reaching of which enshrines the new  International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code).
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