IMO Port Facility Numbers Hakan Demirlioglu Geneva November

IMO Port Facility Numbers Hakan Demirlioglu Geneva, November 2017

IMO mission: safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans

UN/LOCODEs in GISIS • Use of UN/LOCODEs in GISIS modules: • • Maritime Security (Port Facilities), Port Reception Facilities, Port State Control, Piracy and Armed Robbery, Stowaways and Illegal Migrants, MARPOL Annex VI, LRIT Data Distribution Plan, Port State Control. 3

The International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code • Entered into force on 1 July 2004 (SOLAS chapter XI-2) • Basis for a comprehensive mandatory security regime for international shipping • Port Facility Numbers Data compliance with the ISPS Code 5

The International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code Regulation 13 (Communication of information) Contracting Governments shall communicate to the Organization (IMO) and shall make available for the information of Companies and ships: … • the locations within their territory covered by the approved port facility security plans; … 6

IMO Port Facility Numbers Port Facility (ISPS Code): “A location, as determined by the Contracting Government or by the Designated Authority, where the ship/port interface takes place. This includes areas such as anchorages, waiting berths and approaches from seaward, as appropriate. ” One UN/LOCODE Port Many Port Facilities 7

IMO Port Facility Numbers • Unique “IMO Port facility numbers” generated for each port facility using the UN/LOCODE of the port: GBLON – 0145 (London Container Terminal) Five-character UN/LOCODE 4 -digit code separated with a dash 8

IMO Port Facility Numbers Available for public access in GISIS Available for IMO Member States via SOAP-based web services (XML) 9

IMO Port Facility Numbers • Created/updated/deleted by Member States via web interface/web services • Coordinates of the port facility is included in the dataset 10

IMO Port Facility Numbers • Total number of registered Port Facilities in GISIS: 12, 176 • Operationally used in Long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) system 11

IMO Port Facility Numbers • Unique numbering for port facilities • Created when a new port facility is defined in GISIS • Sequential, starting with “UN/LOCODE”-0001 12

IMO Port Facility Numbers • Each port has it’s own sequence • Does not reflect any grading or ordering through facilities • Effected by the changes in UN/LOCODE 13

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