Private Security
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Shippers Arm Themselves
From the perspective of private industry, hiring armed guards has traditionally been viewed as a costly and risky move that creates more liabilities than it resolves. Furthermore the shipping industry […]
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Lost in Translation?
As pirate attacks on commercial vessels continue to rise, the number of successful hijacks continues to fall, in no small part due to the effectiveness of private maritime security companies. […]
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Armed Security
Dramatic footage of a pirate attack against an unknown merchant vessel. We have no idea what the circumstances were or from which ship this video was taken but it clearly […]
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Crime wave
The changing nature of piracy and related illegal maritime activity has forced a rethink in the way governments and businesses approach the threat, writes Alex Chitty Crime wave Alex Chitty, […]
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Muirhead and Jones on SCEG
Global Response’s Alex Chitty spoke with Oona Muirhead CBE, Director of the ADS Security in Complex Environments (SCEG) Group, and Simon Jones, Chair of the SCEG Maritime Security Working Group […]
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European Commission Piracy Event
The seminar analysed the reinforcement of self-protection measures. Sensitive topics included shipbuilding standards and the technology available for discouraging attacks as well as the very delicate subject of using privately […]
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GUARDCON Contract Published
BIMCO has published the GUARDCON standard contract for the employment of security guards on vessels. GUARDCON’s objective is to create a contractual benchmark for the employment of security services so […]
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Floating Armouries
Officials in Kenya have raised concerns over the “legal gray area” represented by the practise of private security firms storing weapons aboard floating armouries in international waters. Piracy fighters use floating armouries […]
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Private Security Boom
Only a few years ago governments frowned at the private armed guards that some ships were using to ward off pirates. Today the private sector solution is being embraced as […]
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Effect on Homeland Security
In order to mitigate the ripple effects on US Homeland security, industry experts want specialist teams from commercial security firms deployed on every ship that sails in the danger zone […]
