Future of Maritime Security
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This document discusses the future of maritime security. It covers topics like piracy, international trade routes, the role of private maritime security companies, regulations around their use from organizations like the IMO, and debates around their legitimacy, rules of engagement, and relationship with navies. It also discusses perspectives from different countries and regions like the UK, EU, Japan, China, and issues like developing technology, liability, and who has ultimate authority on ships using private security.
Future of Maritime Security
- 1. City University Future of Maritime Security Helen Tung HTChambers 5 March 2016
- 2. a. Context Piracy – a fairytale? Reality check 2008 International Maritime Organisation Who exactly is the culprit? - Those who came to fish or pirates?
- 3. b. International Trade Imagine – CMA CGM Christophe Colomb Travel - The Pacific The Atlantic and The Indian Ocean
- 4. c. International trade Source: Cargofromchina.com
- 5. d. Global trade up to 2030 Trade within the Asia- Pacific region; Trade between emerging and developed economies, inspired by the symbiotic relationship between Germany and China; Trade between emerging economies, such as between those in developing Asia and Latin America; and Trade between China and Africa. Source: PWC, ‘Future of World Trade - Top 25 Sea and Air Freight Routes in 2030’, March 2011, 2, https://www.pwc.de/de/transport-und- logistik/assets/future_of_world_trade-final_160311.pdf.
- 6. e. Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs) Who are they? What is their role? Who says indispensible? Dependable? Legitimate? Worthy to stay? If so, where are the rules?
- 7. e. PMSCs ICoC – Geneva SAMI – UK Best Management Practice IMO Drivers? Shipowners Stakeholders – seafarers, crew, insurers, shipowners, charterers, ports – yes, even consumers
- 8. f. Trend with UK/EU Maritime Security Policy A ship full of …..Gucci bags China sales: 28% sales for Swatch 22%Richemont 18% Gucci 14% Bulgari 11% Hermes Source PwC 2011
- 9. f. PMSCs – UK/EU UKMTO – UAE Leading the way – IMO Int. Chamber of Shipping ISO 28007: 2012 Insurance implications Lloyds EUVFOR
- 10. g. Japan 13 Nov 2013 "the Act on Special Measure concerning Security of Japanese Flagged Vessels in the Piracy High Risk Area (the Act)” Changes – mindset more than the Act Where to draw the line? What hot pursuit? Can you really shoot?
- 11. g. Japan Drivers? Japan Shipowners Insurers – it all depends on – outcome Can I trust you? Give them an assessment Can you enforce? Where are the weapons from?
- 12. h. HK/China PMSCs as crew? 3rd party agents – how much do shipowners know? Compliance with IMO regs Use with Chinese shipment Long term view?
- 13. i. Moral questions Competing interests with navies? What is their motive? Money or humanity Is being called a hired gun fair? What else can they do? Peacekeeping? Humanitarian work? Natural disaster? Sounds more like it
- 14. j. Add technology Unmanned systems Contracted out Liability concern Liability cases India I India II
- 15. k. Master of the ship Who? The Captain or The PMSCs or The PCASP or The State? Who else?
- 16. Thank you Helen Tung, HTChambers [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/helentung