Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin Piracy. Finn Primdahl Brodersen Senior Director, A.P.Moller-Maersk

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1 Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin Piracy Finn Primdahl Brodersen Senior Director,

2 Increasing Pirate Activity PAGE 2

3 Hottest Spot Gulf of Aden PAGE 3 Horn of Africa

4 Piracy Status - Snapshot June 2009 PAGE 4

5 Pirate Challenges PAGE 5 Piracy and Armed Attack The consequence: Attacks on our workplaces Threats the international and local trade Increases operational cost Danger of exporting the concept to other part of the world Present piracy development at Somalia: More aggressive, better organized and better vessels Attacking further offshore and expansion of the operational area More frequent attacks

6 Maersk Vessels passing GOA PAGE 6 Snapshot of Maersk Operated vessels passing GOA at one time before establishment of IRTC

7 Piracy Management PAGE 7 A Dynamic Process to be in Control 1. Piracy procedure in place as part of our general management system 2. Danica White (June 2007) resulted in the first specific GOA Piracy guideline, which is being regularly updated 3. Svitzer Korsakov (February 2008) resulted in Onboard Security Survey Close corporation with UKMTO Close monitoring 4. Britta Maersk and Sirius Star (November 2008) resulted in company policy change in routing 5. Maersk Regensburg (December 2008) and Nedlloyd Berentsz (January 2009) incidents proved the strength of our measures taken 6. Maersk Alabama (April 2009) caused further investigations in passive defence measures 7. Maersk Phoenix (June 2009) benefited from EU Navfor Group Transit

8 Maersk Regensburg , 900 km East of Dar Es Salaam PAGE 8 TEU: 1100 Length: 147 meters Breadth: 23 meters Flag: Hong Kong Built: 2006 (China)

9 International Military Engagement PAGE 9

10 International Military Coordination PAGE 10 Shared Awareness and De-confliction (SHADE) meeting in Bahrain 26 nations participate EU, NATO and CMF participate Developing shared Piracy picture Developing shared Piracy database Includes INTERPOL, Shipping Industry and NCIS Synchronized CMF, EU, NATO and independent nation operations Coordinating efforts with industry reps Positioning of the Internationally Recognized Transit Corridor 30 nations participating in or planning to conduct counter piracy operations UKMTO (Dubai), MARLO (Bahrain), MSC-HOA (EU Northwood) and NATO Shipping Center link navies with industry

11 Group Transit under EU Navfor PAGE 11

12 Military Operational Coordination PAGE 12

13 Maritime Security Centre Website PAGE 13 Only COUNTER PIRACY Content to be Published to this Site

14 Incident Response PAGE 14

15 Free Anti-Piracy Planning Chart PAGE 15

16 Industry Best Management Practices PAGE 16 Piracy-gulf-of-aden-indian-ocean-best management practice

17 Passive Defence Measures PAGE 18 Hardening of vessels Which strategy?

18 Anti-Piracy Training PAGE 19 Security Training of crew Ad hoc on site training Maersk Training Centre (Salalah, Oman) Advanced Security Training Maersk Training Centre

19 Statements PAGE 20 welcomes the international military efforts presently established welcomes Danish military support welcomes the SHADE military coordination amongst the various military organisations and single nations Maersk Britta encourages the international society including Denmark to accelerate regional capacity building with the aim of establishing coast guard/patrol functions participates in the international work under UN being part of the Danish Delegation through Danish Ship Owners Organisation as advisor is seriously concerned of any interim solutions involving onboard armed guards and arming the crew

20 Piracy! PAGE 21 Piracy still unsolved!