The document discusses the importance of the maritime industry to global trade and population, noting that 70% of the globe and 95% of world trade moves by sea. It then covers piracy as a threat to the industry. Maritime security is more complex than land security due to multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders in the international waters where most shipping occurs. The document introduces the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) as helping to professionalize private maritime security through vetting and standards. It outlines the international regulations regarding armed guards on ships and their 100% success rate against pirate attacks. Technological solutions are also noted as important for maritime security management.

1. Peter Cook
Founder & Security Director
Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI)

2. Counter Piracy from the Private
Maritime Security perspective.
 Set the scene and provide some context.
 What is the maritime industry and why is it
important?
 Piracy; a tropical disease
 Is maritime security different to land security?
 Introduction of the regulatory structures for armed
guards at sea.
 Questions?

3. 70% of the globe is covered by water!

4. 95% of world trade moves by sea!

5. Global population is predicted
to be 9 billion by 2050

6. 80% 0f the global population
live within 100km of the sea

7. Seafood is a critical source of
protein

8. What is the Maritime Industry
and why is it important?
Commercial Shipping

9. Maritime Industry
Offshore Oil & Gas

10. Around 25% of oil & gas is
offshore

11. Maritime Industry
Port Facilities

12. Trade increases, navies shrink!

13. Piracy – A Tropical Disease
IMB Piracy Map 17 June 2013
126 Attacks so far this year

14. Maritime Security – like normal
crime only different!
Theft
Fraud
Smuggling
Stowaways
Piracy
Terrorism

15. Santa Maria 1961

16. “While Western defence expenditure and
investment in sophisticated
weaponry grew, it was a speedboat
packed with improvised explosives
that almost sunk the USS COLE in 2000.”
Professor Richard Holmes

17. Mumbai 26 Nov 2008

18. MV Star 27 July 2010

19. Challenges of maritime
security?
“The maritime domain, a majority of which is international
waters, has traditionally been characterised by a lack of
control bordering on the anarchic.”
Lloyd’s MIU Handbook of Maritime Security
“a sector characterised by an extremely diverse
international labour force, transporting a vast range of
goods, whose provenance, description and ownership are
often left remarkably vague.”
OECD Security in Maritime Transport: Risk Factors and Economic Impact

20. The only difference between land security
and maritime security is that the land is
blue!
Land Security Maritime Security
 Single jurisdiction
 Limited stakeholders
 Objective is political/military
end state
 Largest and most profitable
contracts are with national
governments
 Multi-jurisdictional
 Multiple stakeholders
 Commercial continuum
 No government contracts
(global merchant fleet over 50K
ships of more 500GT, average
ship owner owns 7 ships).

21. Commercial Shipping Drivers:
01 July 2013 SAMI
Shipping companies, operators, managers &
charterers (international shipping associations)
Flag States
(commercial entities)
Marine Insurance

22. Flag State Fleets
0
5
10
15
20
25
Panama Liberia Marshall
Islands
Hong Kong Singapore Bahamas Greece Malta China P.R. Cyprus
Top 10 72%
11-20 13%
Others 16%
GrossTonnageFleet%

23. Security Association for then
Maritime Industry (SAMI) Concept
Problems
 Client:
 Ship owner/manager/
charterer
 Flag State
 Insurance
Underwriter/P&I Club
 Unable to differentiate good
company from bad
 Good PMSC competing
with entrepreneurs
Solution
 Formulate a list of
reputable companies
making it easy for the
client to identify a good
PMSC.
 PMSCs on the list form a
guild to improve and
develop standards.

24. SAMI launched April 2011
0
50
100
150
200
250

25. Current Global Membership
180
UK (73)
Americas (16)
Africa & Middle East (25)
Asia (25)
Europe (47)

26. Characteristics of SAMI
International (180 members from 37
different countries)
Independent – NGO, not for profit
Impartial – Directors not linked to any
PMSCs
Integrated with Industry

27. “Wild eyed, pony tailed, gun
toting, mercenaries!”
01 July 2013 SAMI

28. Armed Guards on ships:
A Solution?
“Armed Guards have a 100%
success rate!”
Rear Admiral Duncan Potts
Commander EUNAVFOR
23 Nov 11

29. International Maritime
Organisation (IMO)
Specialist agency of the United Nations

30. 3 Foundation Documents

31. Accompanying Documents

32. National Certification
 Various nations are establishing their own certification
process to cover their own national laws:
 Belgium
 Cyprus
 Germany
 Japan
 UK – OGTCL (Maritime Ant-Piracy) & Section 5 Firearms Act
 As ISO/PAS 28007 Certification gathers momentum and
credibility it is hoped that more states will recognise it as
providing a substantial element of national standards.

33. Technological Solutions

34. Summary
 The maritime industry is crucial to the growth of
global trade.
 Maritime security is extremely complex.
 Private maritime security industry will have a pivotal
role in the management of all forms of maritime
crime.

35. “Maritime Security seems incredibly
simple, but is in fact astonishingly
complex.”
Questions?

36. www.seasecurity.org
info@seasecurity.org
@seasecurityorg