World Class Maritime Piracy Experts Meet In London

Marseq has announced that the maritime security industry will meet at Combating Piracy Week on 11th – 14th October in London. Chaired by Captain David Cotterell, Director of Oil Companies International Marine Forum this meeting will ensure that preventative measures are updated and up to the minute hijack management strategies in place across the industry.

Together with sponsors Salama Fikira and other speakers from BIMCO, EUNAVFOR, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office as well as industry members who have been involved in recent hijack incidents will reveal the latest intelligence on piracy behavior.

Joanna Beattie, Director of Marseq said “Its clear the solution to piracy lies firmly on the land. But in the meantime piracy poses a serious threat to the commercial shipping industry. At Combating Piracy Week we’ll hear critical updates on guidelines for industry to follow to reduce their risk of attack.”
OCIMF will be joined by over 20 International experts including:

• Gavin Simmonds, Head of International Policy, The Chamber of Shipping
• Roland F Hoeger, Managing Director, Komrowski
• Nigel Carden, Deputy Chairman, Thomas Miller P&I Ltd, Chairman, IGP&I
• Paul Shields, Operations Director, Zodiac Maritime
• Capt. Chris Chambers, US Navy, Director, Combined Maritime Forces
• Chris Holtby, Chairman, Working Group 1 (Operational Co-ordination/Regional Capability Development),

Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Deputy Head, Security Policy Group, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

View the full speaker line up at www.marseq.com

• Transfer of the latest anti-piracy skills and lessons learned from the previous hijackings to industry
• Critical updates from Government and Military on the growth of the piracy threat and debate what the long term solutions to protect commercial shipping will be
• The VERY latest Best Management Practice and other industry guidelines revealed
• Essential procedures to ensure your hijack management strategies are updated

Combating Piracy Week attendees continue to return to ensure their security policies are fresh and constantly renewed. It’s where industry gathers to transfer anti-piracy skills and lessons learned from the previous hijackings. The agenda is once again packed full of the latest intelligence to enable the shipping industry to make informed business decisions and create comprehensive security analysis for their fleet and crew.

Yury Ilchenko, DPA/CSO, Norgas Carriers AS was at the last Combating Piracy meeting in Hamburg and said “There was a lot of expertise at this event. Very valuable with surprisingly many new approaches to the problem”

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For more information on attending Combating Piracy Week please visit www.marseq.com