Transport security, particularly maritime security remains high on countries agenda around the world, and Pacific Island countries too are looking for ways to improve the security of theirs.

A weeklong workshop held in Suva looked at port staff from around the Pacific and also addressed supply chain and auditing.

The Workshop had been organised by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Regional Maritime Program, and the Manager for the Program, John Hogan said that this workshop was an ISO 28000, the International standard that provides organisations with a management framework for assessing security needs.

He said security assessment of the supply chain simply means that the system has to consider all players involved in the supply of goods and processes, such as vendors, manufacturing and logistics facilities, international distribution centres and many other things.

The course was attended by Oceania Customs Organisation which also works jointly with the Regional Maritime Program on border management issues over the past few years.