Guidelines for Armed Maritime Guards

As more and more ships navigating piracy-prone waters turn to equipped guards for defense, a new set of ISO guidelines for maritime security companies will help make sure the dependability and protection of this reaction.

Over the previous few years, piracy attacks have resulted in lives gone and traumatic ordeals for hostages. They have cost the global shipping trade billions of dollars, together in lost cargo and ransom payments. Even though the use of armed personnel appears to be deterring pirates, the attendance of armaments on board vessels crossing international waters raises a digit of concerns.

Captain Charlie Chair of the ISO technological group that residential the text, explains, “We published ISO/PAS 28007 in evidence time in arrange to meet a dangerous marketplace need. Many ships have previously turned to armed guards as an answer to piracy, and safety guidelines were immediately needed. We were entrusted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the best place to expand the typical with their guidance and contribution. IMO noted that it does not support self-certification or self-regulation.”

IMO Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu at the opening assembly of Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 91) highlighted that following “…the Committee’s demand, at MSC 90, for the International Organization for Standardization to take this work ahead, we now reception the work done by ISO. Its payment to the expansion of international minimum standards for the shipboard deployment of armed security guards will be particularly helpful to flag States, and this will in turn help ship owners who immediately need sensible as well as legally adequate solutions…”

The text addresses security organization system elements such as resilience, planning, resources, training and awareness, statement and certification. It outlines prepared requirements for dealing with issues such as sight and casualty organization, incident reporting and examination, health and safety, and client complaints.

ISO/PAS 28007 also includes recommendations for presentation assessment such as monitoring, audits, organization and continual development. Execution will help security companies demonstrate their ability to make available privately constricted armed recruits on board ships.