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During design process, ports need to come up with a port security plan and implement it. The port security plan should include: security survey and risk assessment, physical security and access control, information security, personnel security, maritime terrorism, drug smuggling, stowaways and alien smuggling, roles/ responsibilities/ legal authorities of port agencies, sea robbery, cargo security and hazardous materials and intelligence. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16900/16918/PB2000106164.pdf|title=Port Security- A National Planning Guide|last=U.S. Department of Transportation|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>
Port security is handled jointly by the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] and Customs and Border Protection and the [[Transportation Security Administration]] (TSA) the Coast Guard is responsible for evaluating, boarding, and inspecting commercial ships as they approach U.S. waters, for countering terrorist threats in U.S. ports, and for helping to protect U.S. Navy ships in U.S. ports. CBP's primary responsibility is the inspecting of cargo, including containers that commercial ships bring into U.S. ports. CBP is also responsible for the inspection of ship crews and passengers aboard the vessel. The TSA's focus was initially focused on air transportation, but now has the authority of all modes of transportation.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2016-04-16|title=Port security|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_security&oldid=715566452|journal=Wikipedia|language=en}}</ref>
