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Piracy is a crime As an employer, the shipowner, shipoperator or manager has an obligation to offer a safe and secure working environment. A ship trading internationally however has an added challenge. The Master is the representative of the employer and must ascertain that the ship is safe and secure, and he is largely dependent on individual states and the territory through which the ship passes or the international community in respect of trading on the high seas, in order find protection against piracy. Any BIMCO view or action described in the following position serves the primary purpose of protecting the crew, ship and cargo, in that order of rank, against such criminal activity. The freedom of navigation on the high seas is enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), leaving contracting governments with an obligation to cooperate to the fullest possible extent in the repression of piracy on the high seas. Despite the deployment of naval assets to affected areas by contracting and other states, the current anti-piracy resources continue to be inadequate in deterring and defeating piracy.Arrest and Prosecution: Piracy is a crime, and in accordance with UNCLOS and the Convention for the ...

Ten robbers stole some coils of rope before escaping The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issues incident alert regarding robbers board anchored tanker.While anchored at night on October 22 eleven miles off Kochi, India, a crude oil tanker was boarded by ten robbers, who stole some coils of rope before escaping.For more information, click hereSource: ReCAAP

Resolution A.1025(26) Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE Please find here below the following useful information IMO Code of Practice for the Investigation of Crimes of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE

Resolution A.1026(26) Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE Please find here below the following useful information Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Waters off the Coast of Somalia

Circular MSC.4/Circ.173 The IMO has this week issued a Circular MSC.4/Circ.173 detailing acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported committed during June 2011.The Circular may be accessed here.Source : IMO Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

A total of 13 incidents of piracy and armed robbery reported Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued its Report for April 2011. During the month, a total of 13 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia.Of these, eleven were actual incidents and two were attempted incidents. This was a decrease from the total number of incidents reported in April 2010 (16),but an increase from the number reported in April 2009 (8).To view the Report, press hereSource: ReCAAP

Measures to enhance Maritime Security Working Group 1 "Measures to enhance Maritime Security - Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships" has been working on the following report items:1. Development of the Maritime Security Manual.2. Consideration of Periodical Survey to Ship Security Alert System (SSAS).3. Guidelines for flag states and other authorities to assist investigators to collect evidence after hijack.4. Development of guidance to ship owners, ship operators and shipmasters on the use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) on board ships.5. Implementation of counter-piracy measures, including Best Management Practices (BMP).The Chairman of Working Group 1, Arsenio Dominguez, presents the finished report to the plenary meeting of the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 89) on the last day of its 11-20 May meetings.Of particular interest will be the drafting of "Guidance to ship owners, ship operators and shipmasters on the use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) on board ships".This document has been developed by the IMO in conjunction with reference documents which included the document submitted by the industry - "Industry Guidelines for the use of Private Maritime Security Contractors (PMSC) as Additional Protection in waters affected by Somali Piracy (May 2011)", which was submitted as MSC 89/J/5.To ...

Incedents of piracy and armed robbery The IMO has issued its monthly report MSC.4/Circ.167 dated 7 February 2011 giving all incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported to the IMO between 31 December 2010 and 31 January 2011.The report makes a distinction between acts of piracy, and acts of armed robbery against ships, and attempted attacks.Source : IMO

IMO issued a new document The IMO has issued document MSC.4/Circ.165 dated 14 January 2011, which lists acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported during December 2010.Please click here to view the document.Source : IMO