DP WORLD's Spanish terminal in Tarragona has been awarded ISO 28000 certification, making it the 40th facility within the group to receive the certificate.
The ISO 28000 standard sets out mechanisms and processes to address security vulnerabilities as well as establishing preventive action plans.
Located in the Catalan region of northeastern Spain the terminal was said to have earned security accreditation after a "long process of stringent audits" of container security, physical access controls, procedural security, personnel security, threat awareness and training in security issues, business partner requirements and IT integrity.
The achievement comes just one year after the terminal completed its phase 1 of it expansion in order to handle giant ships with a capacity of more than 13,800 TEU.
The group said its investment in the ISO security management system has been recognised by the US Customs Border Protection agency under its Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programme.
It said it "has the largest number of terminals participating in the US Customs' Container Security Initiative with 15 terminals in the programme, and is "principle partner" in the US-led Secure Freight Initiative, and is also a partner in the US Megaports initiative with six terminals involved in the container scanning programme".