Tag: maritime security companies

Ambrey Risk Training has now been accredited by Manipal City & Guilds to deliver Maritime Security Operative (MSO) 8269 - 03 courses in India. This allows Ambrey to provide City &Guilds certified courses to its Indian MSO's

LRQA UK approves Solace Global and Ambrey Risk to ISO/PAS 28007

ISO/PAS 28007:2012 on PMSC has been released

India issues guidelines to deploy guards on ships to combat piracy

Somali piracy boom for private firms over cut in global defence

Security Firms Divided Over How to Succeed in the Anti-Piracy Business

Germany plans to regulate anti-piracy security firms

Private Military & Security Companies and the UN

During MSC 16-25 May 2012 The IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), at its ninetieth session (16 to 25 May 2012) agreed to develop guidance for private maritime security companies. The MSC guidance is intended to complement existing guidance, and further assist policy development at national level with the aim of facilitating greater harmonisation of policies at an international level regarding the issue of private armed security on board ships.The existing Interim Guidance, which is for private maritime security companies providing privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area, was just recently released by IMO and is set out in the annex of MSC.1/Circ.1443.This Interim Guidance should be read in conjunction with the recently updated Revised Interim Guidance set out in MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.2 as Revised interim guidance to shipowners, ship operators and shipmasters on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area.Consequential amendments will also be made to Circulars 1406 and 1408. These will be available and will be titled as follows: MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.2 Revised interim recommendations for flag states regarding the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area; and MSC.1/Circ.1408/Rev.1 on ...

Agreed by IMO MSC 90 Interim guidance for private maritime security companies (PMSCs) was agreed by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012.The MSC also adopted a resolution recommending operational measures aimed at enhancing the safety of large cruise passenger ships, as well as a work plan to address passenger ship safety matters, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident in January.The busy agenda further saw the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and adoption and approval of other guidelines, codes and circulars, submitted by the IMO Sub-Committees.Piracy and armed robbery against ships The MSC agreed Interim Guidance to private maritime security companies (PMSC) providing privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) aboard vessels transiting the high-risk area off the east coast of Africa.Passenger ship safety The MSC agreed that a number of operational measures should be implemented immediately, on a voluntary basis, prior to the adoption of any measures following the analysis of the official marine investigation report into the loss of the Costa Concordia (Adoption of SOLAS amendments The MSC adopted the following ...