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2006
2006, August 1: The government of Jamaica has
moved to further increase security at the ports of Kingston and Montego Bay and
has signed a contract with a local firm for the supply of Closed Circuit
Television (CCTV) surveillance equipment.
Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce
Minister, Phillip Paulwell, said last week that the technology to be provided
was an upgrade of the CCTV system, which has been in place at the two ports for
the last two years.
He said the move was part of preparations to
comply with the International Maritime Organisation's International Ship and
Port Facility Code.
The system will facilitate round-the-clock
surveillance of the ports. The cameras will cover the access gates, container
stations, ships at port and perimeter areas around the port.
The CCTV system at each port would be overhauled
at a cost of over $500,000. The Minister noted that while the initial cost was
high, the system would pay for itself in two years, as it required minimal
maintenance and no additional infrastructure.
With digital CCTV technology connected to an
internet protocol, security personnel will be able to remotely monitor the
sites, from anywhere in the world.
The Jamaica government is expected to save money
from improving the system as there would be no need to replay hours of tape to
search for an incident. In fact, he said, personnel could locate footage by
simply entering a date and time or applying a mouse pointer to a timeline on a
monitor screen.
If the incident time is not known, a search can
be made by marking an area on the image and asking the system to search for
activity in that area and a list of events will be offered for review. During
all these operations, normal recording continues, uninterrupted.
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