IMO

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PIRACY
WORKSHOP

Giles Noakes
CMSO
The importance of
BIMCO
effective
implementation of the
Best Management
Practices
Purpose
• Aim to address:
• Briefly, the spectrum of the current threat.
• The importance of effective training and
implementation of Best Management
Practice (BMP).
y look at some burning
• Briefly g issues and
their effect on the BMP and look at other
industry initiatives going forward in
s ppo t of the BMP
support
• Comment:
Speaking on behalf of industry and
particularly the Round Table – BIMCO, ICS,
INTERTANKO and INTERCARGO
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL RISK?

SPEED +
FREEBOARD +
ROUTING
The Threat - Desperate &
Motivated Pirates
Pirate Mother Ships
 Pirated Merchant Vessels as
Motherships

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Vessels at sea

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Number of Vesse

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Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10 May 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11
Date
Pirate Activity - Autumn 2010
Monsoon Transition

50 E
60 E 70 E
Best Management Practices to
deter piracy in the Gulf of Aden
and off the coast of Somalia

• International Association of Independent Tanker

Owners (INTERTANKO)
• International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
• Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
• Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)
• Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal
Operators (SIGTTO)
• International Association of Dry Cargo Ship Owners
(INTERCARGO)
• International Group of Protection and Indemnity
Clubs (IGP&I)
• Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
• International Union of Marine Insurers (IUMI)
( )
• Joint War Committee (JWC)
• International Maritime Bureau (IMB)
• IMOO – MSCSC C
Circ
c 1337
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INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNISED TRANSIT
CORRIDOR (IRTC)
BMP - A more robust
approach

• Reporting
R ti tto UKMTO
• Awareness and implementation of
counter piracy measures
counter-piracy
• Deployment of non-lethal deterrents
• Reporting of incidents
• Ship design
Registration MSCHOA &
UKMTO
Self Defence Measures

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Lookouts and
Watchkeeping

NB - Attacks
k at Dawn and
d Dusk
k
Fire Hoses – Try Boarding
this vessel ?
.......... Or this
 BMP & CURRENT BURNING
ISSUES

• Armed
A dGGuards
d
• Industry does not advocate, IMO does not
advocate many flag states do no advocate
advocate,
• Risk and fear of escalation and collateral
damage – exacerbated by use of mother ships
• Legal and Commercial Implications
• Arrest and Prosecution of Pirates
• Catch and relase is not a deterrent
• Reliance on regional legal infrastucture is
inadequate
• Citadels
 Citadels
• 12 Incidents in which crew successfully used a citadel
with pirates on board (last 6 months of 2010)
• 1 in IRTC, 11 in Indian Ocean
• 2 - Military
y Intervention
• 10 – the Pirates abandoned the attack

• 3 instances where citadel present but vessel pirated

• Ships not yet released; unclear why citadel was
nott successfully
f ll used
d

• Risk
• Pirates develop tactics to breach a citadel
 Additional Industry Advice

• BMP REVISON ? SUMMER OF THIS YEAR

• Note changes updated on MSCHOA

web site
• GUIDANCE FOR COMPANY SECURITY OFFICERS (CSO)
–PREPARATION
PREPARATION OF A COMPANY AND CREW FOR THE
CONTINGENCY OF HIJACK BY PIRATES
• BIMCO FROM CAPTURE TO RELEASE
• CONSIDERATION ON HOW TO CARRY OUT DUE
DILLIGENCE ON PRIVATE MARITIME SECURITY
COMPANIES
 Industry Agreed Advice to
CSOs

• GUIDANCE FOR COMPANY SECURITY

OFFICERS (CSO) –PREPARATION OF A
COMPANY AND CREW FOR THE
CONTINGENCY OF HIJACK BY PIRATES

• A CHECK LIST OF ACTIONS COVERING:

• PREPARATION OF CREW
• COMPANY CRISIS MANAGMENT
BIMCO
”From
From Capture to Release
Release”

• BIMCO paper expands in further detail the

necessary further advice that BIMCO feels will
help explain more clearly the Guidelines
prepared
d
• Directed at owners, their company security
officers and masters only.
• Companies should not publish the document
widely and should not issue directly to masters
on board vessels.
• Contains sensitive information but is the reality
to be prepared for
• The content should be used to advise and train
masters for the, hopefully, unexpected.
What Happens if Captured ?

Guidelines for Masters

Company Immediate
Action & CM
What Happens in Captivity ?

Ongoing CM by Company

Guidelines for Masters in Captivity

What Happens on Release ?

Preparations for Release

Release

Post Release Summary

 Summary

• Failing to plan is planning to fail

• Training and preparation in advance
of passage is essential
• The crisis management of capture
to release is an owner
owner’s
s
responsibility
• In
I short
h t–
• Don’t be boarded….. Implement
effective
ff ti BMP
• If boarded …… don’t be captured -
consider use of Citadel
Conclusion - A need to look at alternative
approaches
pp to maritime risk and p piracy
y

Can we continue to
just defend against the
obvious?

All stakeholders must now

start to think
hi k off alternative
l i
approaches.
Q&A