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Also refer to Article 2.9 of the Policy Regulations on Marine Shipping.
Drills
Are to be performed by the ship, as required by ISPS part A para 13.4 and part B para 13.6. The SSO is first line responsible for the execution of these drills.
Exercises:
ISPS exercises are different from drills, and have to be carried out, as per the requirements of ISPS part A para 13.5 and part B para 13.7, once a year with no more than 18 months between them.
The organisation is in principle company business (CSO), in line with the ISM system.
The purpose is to test the security-system of the company and to ensure the effective coordination and implementation of SSP's .
More than one company ship (if possible) but not all company ships have to be involved in a specific exercise.
However reports have to be sent to all company ships and the records have to be kept on board of all company ships. Deze uitkomsten dienen aan boord van ieder schip te worden besproken, waarbij een melding hiervan wordt gemaakt in het logboek.
Furthermore, necessary improvements identified through the exercise should be effectuated on all company ships.
Authorities may be involved in these exercises but are not obliged to participate
Nevertheless authorities are encouraged to carry out their own exercises
A CSO may participate in these governmental exercises and is in that case not obliged to organise a company exercise that year (ISPS part B, para 13.8). However in these cases reports do have to be sent and recorded in a similar way as with company exercises
If a ship, when asked, is not able to provide its RSO or administration (at intermediate or renewal audits) with records of required exercises, the ISSC may be revoked.
If a ship, when asked, is not able to provide PSC officers with records of required exercises (Exercises & Drills), this will count as a security deficiency and can possibly lead to a detention.
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