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Piracy and Armed robbery todayIntertanko Council , 18 November 2008
P. Mukundan, DirectorICC International Maritime Bureau
Introduction
• The numbers
• Types of attacks
• High risk areas
• Somalia – can we afford to ignore the attacks?
• Nigeria – a different problem
•How the response works
• Conclusions
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Total Attacks Reported – 24841 hijackings, 716 hostages
Total number of attacks over the past 5 years
444
329
276
236263
248
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100
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Total Number of Ships Hijacked
41
18
14
23
11
19
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Number Of Crew Taken Hostages
716
292
188
447359
141
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800
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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NIGERIA
Total Attacks Nigeria - 29
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03 May 2007 FPSO
• Off Port Harcourt• Vessel boarded
outside Nigerian waters
• 5 oil workers kidnapped
31 October 2008 – Oil field supply vessel BOURBAN SAGITTA
• Bakassi Peninsula handed over from Nigeria to Cameroon 14 Aug 2008
• Political unrest• Niger delta piracy spills over• Armed attackers in three speed boats• Crew removed ashore • 10 crew – 6 French, 2 Cameroonian,
Tunisian & Senegalese
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13/9 – 25/9
The Somali Experience
87154682Crew taken hostage
51136Number of Hijackings
103192Number of reports
200620072008 To date
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Gulf of Aden / Somalia
• 92 attacks, 36 vsls hijacked• Hostages - 682• Killed – 1• Currently 14 vessels ( 243 hostages) held by
pirates• 4 vsls hijacked in 48 hours• Now about 1 attack every 4 days• Moving back to the Arabian Sea
Le Ponant – Hijacked Gulf of Aden 04 April 2008
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Le Ponant – Hijacked Gulf of Aden - 04 April 2008
11 Apr: Press reports that ransom paid
11 Apr: All crew released – vsl enroute to Djibouti
12 Apr: French forces attack and capture 6 pirates ashore
Suspected “mother ship”
Bulk carrier, seized GoA 18.09.08, 0618 UTC
Suez to Pipavav, loaded with DAP, 25 crew
8 pirates, speed boat, mother vessel not identified
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21 Sep 2008, 0200 UTC
Arabian Sea, 250 nms off Somalia (last attack 18 Sep 0250 UTC )
74,000 ton dwt bulk carrier
Full load of coal – Richards Bay to Brindisi
19 crew, 3 speed boats, 4 pirates aboard
Could it happen to a VLCC?
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MSPA Corridor and French Escort Route
11 Nov ’08 HMS Cumberland
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The role of the IMB PRCThe only 24 hour manned centre where ships can report attacks
worldwide
• Collate & disseminate to l/e & industry
• Sends out daily msgs to shipping, weekly website reports, quarterly & annual reports
• Liaison between l/e & industry • Post attack investigations & recovery• Why a business sponsored centre is better• The best independent source of primary information,
-vital that Masters report every attack
A comprehensive free service!
Prevention
IMO regulations 623, under revisionReporting of attacks – Flag state, RCC, IMBThe Somali experience
- Prevent access- Make it difficult of pirates to get into
accommodation- Maintain control, over navigation
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Prevention
• Prevent access- early detection- manouevre to prevent drawing up alongside- effect of the vessel’s bow wave, wake- maintain, increase speed- head away from the mothership- if practical, head into the swell
PreventionDesign options to prevent access and movement on
board after vsl is boarded
After vessel is hijacked:- few practical response options- as far as possible keep control of navigation, safety of the crew- try and diffuse any aggression
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The response
The real deterrent – investigation, prosecution, punishment– only Governments can do this..– resources, optimum deployment
IMO & UNSC– provides the legal framework
Reporting of attacks – Flag states, RCC and IMB PRC– independence of the agency receiving primary reports– make it easy for Masters to report
Multi faceted response – focus on all response options –no single silver bullet.
Conclusions
•Somalia – response in a failed state –
- Neighbouring countries have no resources
- Foreign naval units are the only effective response force
• Targetting the mother ship
• Violence remains high
•The soft targets –crew abductions
•The vessels that got away….
