Identifier
Created
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04ABUDHABI2206
2004-07-04 12:48:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:  

UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT

Tags:  EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV 
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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM July 04, 2004


To: No Action Addressee 

Action: Unknown 

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2206 - ROUTINE) 

TAGS: EPET, PGOV, BEXP, ENRG, ECON, EINV 

Captions: None 

Subject: UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT SECURITY
 (ISPS) CODE 

Ref: None 
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02206

SIPDIS
CXABU:
 ACTION: ECON 
 INFO: POL P/M AMB DCM 
Laser1:
 INFO: FCS 

DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: CDA: RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON: NALLOO
CLEARED: ECON: CCRUMPLER; FCS: MOBRIEN

VZCZCADI894
RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUCPDOC RHEBAAA RUEAIIA RHEFDIA
RUCJACC RUEHLO
DE RUEHAD #2206 1861248
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041248Z JUL 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4977
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0813
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002206 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR NEA/RA, NEA/ARP, INR/EC, EB/IEP, EB/CBA
USDOE FOR INT'L AFFAIRS OBURN, ALSO CALIENDO
USDOC FOR 1000/OC/
USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/IEP/ONE
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON
3131/CS/OIO/ANESA

E.O. 12958: DECL NA
TAGS: EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV
SUBJECT: UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT
SECURITY (ISPS) CODE

REF: A) STATE 82638; B) ABU DHABI 1290

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002206

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR NEA/RA, NEA/ARP, INR/EC, EB/IEP, EB/CBA
USDOE FOR INT'L AFFAIRS OBURN, ALSO CALIENDO
USDOC FOR 1000/OC/
USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/IEP/ONE
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON
3131/CS/OIO/ANESA

E.O. 12958: DECL NA
TAGS: EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV
SUBJECT: UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT
SECURITY (ISPS) CODE

REF: A) STATE 82638; B) ABU DHABI 1290


1. According to the International Maritime Organization
(IMO),all of the UAE's major seaports and oil and gas
terminal operators were ISPS certified by the July 1
deadline. The following UAE seaports received ISPS
certification:

Dubai Dry Dock (Dubai)
Jebel Ali Port (Dubai)
Port Rashid (Dubai)
Port Zayed (Abu Dhabi)
Hamriyah Port (Sharjah)
Khor Fakkan (Sharjah)
Port Khalid (Sharjah)
Fujairah Port (Fujairah)
Port Saqr (Ra's al-Khaimah)
Ahmed bin Rashid Port (Um al-Qaiwain)



The following oil and gas terminal operators received ISPS
certification:

Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO)
Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO)
Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Ltd. (ADGAS)
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA PCO)
Abu Dhabi Oil Company Ltd. (ADOC)
Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer)
Loadin Platforms (Fateh Oil Field, Dubai)
Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (FERTIL, Abu Dhabi)
Zakum Development Company (ZADCO, Abu Dhabi)

The above list includes all major UAE ports and oil
terminals, thus oil shipments to the U.S. should not be
affected by the non-compliance of remaining ports.


3. The only seaports not yet ISPS certified in the UAE
are:

Dhow Harbor (Abu Dhabi)
Mussafah Port (Abu Dhabi)
Um al-Nar Port (Abu Dhabi)
Ras Sadr Port (Abu Dhabi)
Dibbah Port (Fujairah)
Ajman Port (Ajman)

These are relatively minor ports in the UAE and it is
unlikely that ships calling on these ports would travel
directly to U.S. waters.


4. The UAEG also has undertaken internal certifications of
its seaports and requires the managing seaport authorities
to maintain certain security measures in addition to those
required by the ISPS. The UAE Ministry of Interior is
conducting the federal certification of the UAE's ports and
to-date only Port Rashid and Jebel Ali in Dubai have met
the UAEG's ISPS "plus" security requirements.

Albright