Piracy

Articles providing guidance on measures to avoid or minimise the risk of piracy attack, together with EU NAVFOR, NATO Shipping Centre, MARAD and industry bulletins on the areas most affected are given below.

The situation is constantly changing, and those requiring up to the minute information can find further details on the websites of the Maritime Security Centre – Horn of Africa, www.mschoa.org and the NATO Shipping Centre http://www.shipping.nato.int/nsc.aspx. These sites are excellent sources of information. In the case of MSCHOA, in order to have full access to the site, including the latest alerts, advice to Masters and transit guidance, users are required and encouraged to register at www.mschoa.org/Pages/Register.aspx

The Club’s loss prevention DVD on this subject, “Piracy – The Menace at Sea”, which won the 2012 Seatrade Safety at Sea Award, is available on request to the Managers’ London representatives, and the film can be viewed at the following page of this website: www.steamshipmutual.com/PiracyDVD.htm

Other useful websites and resources:

NATO Shipping Centre: www.shipping.nato.int/
ICC Commercial Crime Services: www.icc-ccs.org/ - see "Live Piracy Report" area
US Maritime Administration (MARAD): http://www.marad.dot.gov/news_room_landing_page/horn_of_africa_piracy/horn_of_africa_piracy.htm
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI): www.nga.mil
Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP): http://www.recaap.org/Home.aspx
International Group Piracy FAQs: www.igpandi.org/Piracy/FAQs

Save Our Seafarers Campaign

A group of the world’s largest maritime organisations, ITF, ICS, INTERTANKO, INTERCARGO and BIMCO, have joined together to raise awareness of the human and economic cost of Somali piracy. The campaign asks Governments to take a firmer stance to help eradicate piracy. The Save Our Seafarers campaign website can be found at: www.saveourseafarers.com

Title	Date
Cotonou (Benin) anti piracy measures	January 2020
Piracy - Best Management Practices - BMP5	July 2018
Piracy & Abduction Alert, Sulu-Celebes Sea Region	November 2016
Counter Piracy Revision of the Indian Ocean High Risk Area	October 2015
ReCAAP Siphoning of Fuel/Oil at Sea in Asia	July 2014
Piracy Alert - Armed Security in Nigerian Waters	June 2014
Nipah anchorage, Indonesia - Tanker Incident	October 2013
IMB Piracy Reporting Centre - Maritime Security Hotline	July 2013
Horn of Africa and Somali Basin – Continuing Piracy Operations (NSC Update)	July 2013
The Human Cost of Maritime Piracy 2012 Report	June 2013
The Economic Cost of Somali Piracy - 2012 Report	April 2013
Gulf of Guinea - Emergency Contact Details for Nigerian waters	March 2013
Gulf of Guinea - Interim Industry Guidelines on Protection against Piracy and Armed Robbery	December 2012
MARAD Advisory - Vessels Operating In The Gulf Of Oman, North Arabian Sea, Gulf Of Aden, And Bab El Mandeb Regions	July 2012
IMO Guidance on Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel in the High Risk Area	July 2012
IMB Piracy Alert 184 - All ships transiting Red Sea/Gulf of Aden/Off Oman/Indian Ocean	June 2012
BIMCO publishes much anticipated GUARDCON Contract	March 2012
IMO Circ 1334 Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships	March 2012
The Economic Cost of Somali Piracy - 2011 Report	March 2012
UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report - Piracy off the coast of Somalia	January 2012
Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme - Good Practice Guide	January 2012
International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers	October 2011
Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel - IMO Updates Interim Guidance	October 2011
Piracy - Red Sea Attacks Mark Shift in Tactics	September 2011
Piracy - Industry Best Management Practices - BMP4	August 2011
Venezuela – Piracy/Armed Robbery at Puerto la Cruz	July 2011
The Human Cost of Somali Piracy	July 2011
ReCAAP Report on Hijacked/Missing Barges in Asia	June 2011
MSCHOA - Changes to Vessel Movement Registration Instructions	May 2011
Piracy Information-Sharing Centre in Mombasa commissioned by IMO Secretary-General	April 2011
The Economic Cost of Maritime Piracy	January 2011
ICC IMB Piracy Report 2010	January 2011
U.S. Coast Guard Advisory on Piracy - Emerging Security Threats Against Vessels	November 2010
Piracy - is Cargo Lost?	September 2010
Piracy - an Off-Hire Event?	September 2010
Industry Best Management Practice to Deter Piracy - Edition 3	June 2010
U.S. Coast Guard Ports Information Matrix as at 18 May 2010 (PSA 08-09)	May 2010
U.S. Executive Order on Somalia - Impact on Ransom Payments	April 2010
Pirates Thwarted (Extract from Sea Venture issue 15)	March 2010
Piracy and Legal Issues - Reconciling Public and Private Interests (Chatham House)	December 2009
U.S. Coast Guard Supplementary Advisory on Anti-Piracy Defensive Measures	December 2009
U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Advisory on Firearms	November 2009
IMO Maritime Safety Committee Circulars of June 2009	August 2009
U.S. Coast Guard issues Maritime Security Directive 104-6	May 2009
EU NAVFOR OP ATALANTA & IMB Industry Update	May 2009
Suppression of Piracy and Criminal Acts off Somalia	April 2009
Measures to Avoid, Deter or Delay Piracy Attacks - OCIMF Booklet	March 2009
Piracy - Somalia and Gulf of Aden	November 2008
Piracy	September 2008
Piracy Alert - Nigeria and Somalia	August 2007