The PFSP should establish the security measures to be applied to ensure that unaccompanied baggage (i.e, any baggage, including personal effects, which is not with the passenger or member of ship's personnel at the point of inspection or search) is identified and subjected to appropriate screening, including searching, before is allowed in the port facility and, depending on the storage arrangements, before it is transferred between the port facility and the ship.
Varnostni načrt pristanišča mora opredeliti zaščitne ukrepe, ki se uporabljajo za zagotavljanje, da se nespremna prtljaga (t. j, kakršna koli prtljaga, vključno z osebnimi predmeti, ki na točki pregleda ali preiskave ni pri potniku ali članu ladijskega osebja) prepozna in da se ustrezno pregleda ali preišče, preden se sprejme v pristanišče in, odvisno od ureditve shranjevanja, preden se premesti iz pristanišča na ladjo.