Bergen Maritime Security Seminar
Managing Global Risk
Piracy & Armed Robbery at Sea
Situation overview
Cyrus Mody
Assistant Director
ICC – International Maritime Bureau
19 June 2013
Topics
Role of the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre
Global Statistics
Areas of Risk & Concern
Human Element
Incident on Ship
Anywhere in world
24hr manned
IMB Piracy Reporting Centre
Immediate relay to all MRCC, CG & Naval units
in region for assistance
Broadcast to all ships in IOR / AOR. Email to CSO.
Share info with NATO, EU, ONI, INTERPOL
Reports sent to IMO, papers submitted at (IMO) MSC.
ICC-IMB website / twitter
Compilation of reports etc to increases awareness of high risk areas and
risk associated with those areas
Where does it take place
Total Attacks 129 / 7 hijackings / 80 hostages / 1 killed
Comparison-Actual and Attempted Attacks
300
ACTUAL
249
250
221
205
200
200
204
203
218
187
206
173
196
150
99
100
93
71
50
94
76
63
30
0
2013 – SE and Far East Asia
56 incidents / 47 boarded / 1 hijack
Area of concern - Indonesia
3
1
2
No on map
above
Area
No of reported
incidents
1
Adang bay, Balikpapan, Samarinda
13
2
Dumai
8
3
Belawan
9
Total of above ports
30
Total for Indonesia 2013
44
2013 – Gulf of Guinea
70nm S of Abidjan.
Tkr hijacked
130nm Cntr boarded
& crew kidnapped
30 attacks / 4 hijacked / 1 death / 28 kidnapped /
Violence / Under reporting / Distance from land
2007
31 / 12
2008
111 / 42
Rise of Somali piracy
2009
215 / 47
2010
219 / 49
Somalia
Why was it successful
Failed State
Commerce
Governance
Trust / exploited
Decrease of Somali piracy
2012
75 / 14
2011
237 / 28
2013
7/2
Somalia
Reasons for change
International Efforts
Naval deterrence
BMP / PCASP
Governance
Breaking of pirate business model
The Seafarer (Human Element)
Who addresses the Seafarers
Concerns
Fears
Family Issues
Damage to ship
Violence on crew
Living spaces
The Seafarer (Human Element)
Current Hostage Stats (Somalia)
4 vessels / 57 crew + 11 crew on land
Average negotiation time increased from 2 / 3 months in
2008 to 8 / 10 months in 2011/12
Ransoms increased 3 / 4 times since 2008.
Economic cost of piracy identified
Human cost of piracy ??
Human Cost of Piracy
• Third report released 18 June2013
•
• IMB seafarer survey - online poll for seafarers:
• Highest concern for:
 family and their worry for loved ones at sea
 uncertainty of personal safety
 being boarded / kidnapped / beaten / killed
• High reluctance to inform family of area of travel unless
having BMP + armed teams…
Conclusions
• Shipping - complex and remains “out of sight – out of mind”
• Reports stimulate response – value in single independent RC
• Somalia – guard against complacency
• Gulf of Guinea – generation of change
• Human Element not to be forgotten
• Acknowledge – crime of piracy local – effects global
Lessons learnt – Information shared is knowledge gained
Thank You
Cyrus Mody
Assistant Director
International Maritime Bureau
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7423 6960
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7160 5249
Email: cmody@icc-ccs.org
Piracy Reporting Centre
24 hr. manned
Tel: +603 2078 5763
Tel: +603 2031 0014
Email: piracy@icc-ccs.org
Email: imbkl@icc-ccs.org