IMO Reports Continued Improvement in ISPS Code Implementation.

Reports on the improvements revealed in the latest International Ship and Port Facility Security Code implementation announced by International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos on June 30, 2004. Compliance achieved by the majority of merchant ships and ports worldwide; Increase in the number of port facility security plans submitted and approved in the week before July 1, 2004; His recommendations to Safety of Life at Sea contracting governments.