Tag: private security for ships
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IMO Guidance
The IMO has approved further interim guidance on privately contracted armed security personnel at an Intersessional meeting of the Maritime Security and Piracy Working Group of the Maritime Safety Committee, […]
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Armed Backing
Insurers are getting behind the idea of armed guards on ships. IUMI President Ole Wikborg has stated that while it took time to realise flag-State consensus on armed guards may […]
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Piracy Progress
The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) welcomes the IMO’s progress on its revised guidance and recommendations for the use of privately contracted armed security on-board ships. Following last […]
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Armed Calls
InterManager, the ship managers trade association has backed calls for flag States and charterers to allow operators greater freedom to employ armed guards on vessels transiting piracy-prone waters. InterManager president Alastair […]
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STCW Stance
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced their stance with regards to maritime security operatives (guards) and STCW Basic Safety Training Courses. The MCA policy for sea-going security guards is […]
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Military Protection
Dutch shipowners are not to get private security to protect their vessels against pirates but leave their protection to the government, a special committee has concluded. The proposal has angered the […]
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Law Change
The Indian Directorate General of Shipping plans to issue a draft notification allowing merchant ships to deploy armed guards on board, said Satish B. Agnihotri, who heads the regulatory agency. […]
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Going Private
As the UK government continues its evaluation of private security provisions for ships, the UK shipping minister Mike Penning as spoken and stated that “We do not want cowboys.” The list […]
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Anarchy at Sea
A Voyage through Pirate-Infested Waters By Andreas Ulrich While the European naval mission Atalanta avoids definitive contact with the pirates who plague the waters around the Horn of Africa, shipping […]
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IMO Armed Decision
The appointment of armed teams on ships has rocketed over the past six months, and the furore has grown to such an extent that the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) was […]
