{"id":13027,"date":"2023-10-06T18:38:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13027"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:38:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:38:31","slug":"marad-seminar-highlights-importance-of-port-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/marad-seminar-highlights-importance-of-port-security\/","title":{"rendered":"MARAD Seminar Highlights Importance of Port Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) recently hosted a one-week port security seminar in Georgetown, emphasizing the critical role that trained security personnel and enhanced collaboration between port authorities and law enforcement agencies play in safeguarding ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Stephen Thomas, Director General of MARAD, stressed that protecting ports requires more than just surveillance systems and hardware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the nature of criminal activities in the industry is constantly changing, ranging from theft to drug smuggling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, security personnel must work closely with law enforcement agencies to combat these threats effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana has been collaborating with Chile to share experiences and best practices to enhance security measures at local ports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Stephen Thomas highlighted the importance of Chile&#8217;s expertise, particularly in port and maritime security, given Guyana&#8217;s extensive coastline and numerous ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chilean Ambassador Francisco Sepulveda also spoke of the fruitful bilateral cooperation between the two countries, emphasizing the value of knowledge and experience-sharing for the benefit of both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Port Security Enhancement Seminar served as a crucial platform for addressing the security of maritime gateways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It emphasized the need for proactive measures, innovative solutions, and collaboration among stakeholders to ensure the continued flow of global commerce and safeguard ports in the face of evolving security challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) recently hosted a one-week port security seminar in Georgetown, emphasizing the critical role that trained security personnel and enhanced collaboration between port authorities and law&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13029,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13027\/revisions\/13029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}