Increasingly, however, these investments are including more and more security needs, from container scanning equipment to operator training to security architectures. Security, and in particular security screening, is not the core business of a port authority, but compliance with national and international guidelines demands that certain security standards be met, or losing customers will be the last of a port authority's worries.
But even though security screening is an absolute necessity, many ports are looking to get out of the security game altogether.
