Annual General Assembly 2005 - Malmö

Section 2

Critical success factors of effective security management: a survey of Vietnamese maritime transport service providers

VINH Thai-Van, Devinder GREWAL - School of Maritime Management & Logistics, Australian Maritime College, Tasmania, Australia

ABSTRACT

In this study, based on the analysis of the nature of security threats, we place the three corner stones for the effective management of security in maritime transport: quality management (QM), risk management (RM), and business continuity management (BCM). A conceptual model of critical success factors of effective security management is devised following this reasoning. The model is further analysed and discussed following the analysis of a survey conducted among three main groups of maritime transport service providers in Vietnam: shipping companies, port operators, and freight forwarders/NVOCCs towards this research issue. Findings from the survey proved that all proposed 24 critical success factors are valid and should be used as critical factors for success in effectively managing security in maritime transport, so as to satisfy security requirements while enhancing other business objectives. The confirmed implication of this research is that effective security management can be achieved by employing critical success factors derived from the fundamental principles of quality, risk and business continuity management.

Keywords: critical success factor, quality management, risk management, business continuity management, effective security management

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