UK launched a new 5-year maritime strategy to enhance seabed mapping and security

UK launched a new 5-year maritime strategy to enhance seabed mapping and security

Posted on August 22, 2022 |

The new strategy reforms maritime security by upholding laws, regulations, and norms to provide a free, fair, and open maritime domain.
The UK government also established the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM), which will utilize data collection and sharing for the UK’s maritime industry.
Secretaries of State from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department for Transport (DfT), the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), the Home Office, and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will focus several objectives which includes delivering the world’s most effective maritime security framework for the UK’s borders, ports, and infrastructure.
Taking a whole system approach to bring world-leading capabilities and expertise to bear to respond to new, emerging threats.
Ensuring the security of international shipping, and the unhampered transmission of goods, information, and energy to support global development and our economic prosperity.
Supporting global maritime security underpinned by freedom of navigation and the international order.
Tackling security threats and violations of regulations that impact a clean, healthy, safe, productive, and biologically diverse maritime environment.

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