1st Edition

Preventing Terrorist Attacks at Sea Maritime Terrorism Risk and International Law

By Robin Bowley Copyright 2023
316 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Over recent decades, it has been widely recognised that terrorist attacks at sea could result in major casualties and cause significant disruptions to the free flow of international shipping. After discussing the overlaps and distinctions between piracy and maritime terrorism, this book considers how the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, and other vessel identification and... Read more

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The threat of contemporary terrorism in the maritime domain

Chapter 3: The SOLAS Convention maritime security and vessel identification and tracking arrangements

Chapter 4: Preventing the terrorist targeting of ships

Chapter 5: Preventing the offensive utilisation of vessels by terrorists

Chapter 6: National measures and proposed exceptional circumstances guidelines for preventing terrorist attacks at sea

Chapter 7: Conclusion and future recommendations

Appendix A: ‘Designation terrorist groups by the United Nations and by selected states as at 1 March 2022

Appendix B: Chronology of successful maritime terrorism attacks 1968 – 2020’

Appendix C: Status of international agreements as at 1 March 2022

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Robin Bowley is a Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.