Section 1: The new maritime security environment -- Security in the maritime domain and its evolution since 9/11 / Catherine Zara Raymond and Arthur Morrien -- Lifeline or pipedream? Origins, purposes, and benefits of automatic identification systems, long-rance identification and tracking, and...

The commercial maritime sector is highly vulnerable to theft and piracy, and presents a probable target for a major terrorist attack. The best way to prevent losses is to apply lessons learned in another arena--the struggle to curb drug smuggling. This effort has shown that successes can be...