'International merchant ships and cruise passenger ships will not call at ports which do not comply with the ISPS code,' Agarwal warned, adding that this would cause a loss of revenue.

'A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was executed in 1998 to shift the (Khariwada) jetty outside the port jurisdiction. The agreement was signed between Goa government, MPT and Goa Fishing Boat Owners Association,' Agarwal said.

The MPT chairman has in the past locked horns with the state's revenue minister and Khariwada fishing community leader Jose Philip D'Souza over the relocation of the fishing jetty.

In a complaint filed at the Vasco police station in January, after the MPT made a public announcement calling for shifting the fishing jetty out of MPT area, Agarwal had complained that an unknown telephone caller had threatened to kill him.

He has also alleged in the past that the Khariwada jetty was a transit point for sailors of Pakistani origin illegally entering and exiting the country.