Reference no: EM133441492

Assignment:

1. Maritime Security Experts are concerned about the complexities and vulnerabilities that exist in the Maritime Sector. Further, they have developed threat scenarios to assist with measures that should be put in place as safeguards. One such Threat Scenario is that terrorists could attack a large oil tanker in a port or at an offshore facility so as to disrupt the world oil trade and cause large-scale environmental damage. Discuss this scenario with emphases on the impacts and measures to prevent it from happening. (In-Depth Please)

2. Tourism and Cruise Shipping are critical industries to the economy of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean Region. Identify the maritime security threats that are commonly found in ports/harbors that serve the tourism industry and carefully explain the measures that can be put in place to mitigate against them. (In-Depth Please)

3. With the use of proper examples, clearly define, and explain, the following concepts: (In-Depth Please)

a) The Four Circles Model

b) AIS

c) The economic importance of maritime trade

d) Mega port Initiative

e) Standoff attacks

f) Security Level 1, 2 and 3

g) International Ship Security Certificate

h) Maritime Security Threats

4. Within the context of Maritime Security, fully discuss your understanding of Predictive Profiling as a means of threat identification, and state clearly how it can be used as a safeguard to the maritime sector. (In-Depth Please).