Port-to-Port Collaboration

Port-to-port collaboration is essential to enable countries to detect and deter illegal shipments of hazardous and electronic waste. This cooperation is broadly defined in the seaport environmental security context. Enforcement cooperation activities can be any type of formal or informal exchange of information or expertise on environmental compliance and enforcement related matters. Effective enforcement can help create a level playing field for regulated industries domestically and internationally, resolve and prevent transboundary environmental problems, create efficiencies in the development of tools and programmes, and foster the political will needed to strengthen implementation of environmental standards (INECE, 2011).