1. ASKET Maritime Services 2014/15
Your Trusted Security Broker
Simon Biggs
Broking and Consulting Director
www.akset.co.uk
ASKET
2. ASKET Maritime Services 2014/15
ASKET Ltd – Independent Security Broker
• We work with and for Shipping
• Audit, Select, Monitor quality
PMSCs at various tier levels
• Save the CSO time and money
handling the quotes process
• Selection of quotes on a single
sheet to choose from; within 24
hours weekends / Christmas
3. ASKET Maritime Services 2014/15
The Transit
• The Team
• BMP4 Measures
• Passage Plan
• Briefing and Crew
Training
• Life in the HRA
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• Single skiff visually
sighted at 4 nm by the
bridge team
• Confirmed on Radar but
not consistently painting
due to sea clutter - Sea
State 2 – 3; white horses
• Whaler type skiff then
seen behind first skiff
Head Up
Vessel Speed
10.5kts
VRM 3.5 nm
EBL 20°
CPA 0.5 nm
Contact speed
20 kts
Trail 6 min
First Contact
Example of Skiffs at
approx 2- 3 nm
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• Master alerts the crew
• MST mustered on bridge
• 2 x white flares fired
toward skiffs
• Master and TL face to face
• Vessel engines increased
to full
Head Up
Vessel Speed
10.5kts
VRM 3.5 nm
EBL 25°
CPA 0.2 nm
Contact speed
20 kts
Trail 6 min
Ship Alerted
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• MST load weapons
• Crew confirmed mustered
below
• Vessel increases speed
begins turn to Port
Head Up
Vessel Speed
10.5kts
VRM 3.5 nm
EBL 30°
CPA 0.1 nm
Contact speed
20 kts
Trail 6 min
Suspicious Approach
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• MST show weapons
from bridge wing
• Bridge attempts to hail
skiffs
• 5 or more blasts on the
ships horn
• At least 4 persons seen
on the lead skiff
Head Up
Vessel Speed
10.5kts
VRM 1.4 nm
EBL 45°
CPA 0 nm
Contact speed
20 kts
Trail 6 min
Suspicious Approach
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• SSAS activated
• Bridge informs UKMTO
• Tarpaulin down centre line
hiding cargo
• First warning shot fired at
around 600m
• Clear Splash seen 20m ahead
on skiffs Port Bow
Head Up
Vessel Speed
11.5kts
VRM 1.2 nm
EBL 20°
CPA 0 nm
Contact speed
20 kts
Trail 6 min
First Shot
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• Second warning shot
fired at 450m
• Clearly seen by pirates
who look at splash
• Skiff continues approach
Head Up
Vessel Speed
12kts
VRM 0.9 nm
EBL 20°
CPA 0 nm
Contact speed
20 kts
Trail 6 min
Second Shot
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• Attacking skiff turns and
stops 250m from vessel
• 6 Pirates on board
• MST told to hold fire and
watch
Head Up
Vessel Speed
12kts
VRM 0.1 nm
EBL 20°
CPA 0.1 nm
Contact speed
0 kts
Trail 6 min
A Brief Lull
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• Pirates direct automatic
AK47 fire at vessel from
2 – 3 weapons
• MST fire shots over
heads, at engines and
finally into hull
• Pirates go to ground
Head Up
Vessel Speed
12.5kts
VRM 0.1 nm
EBL 20°
CPA 0.1 nm
Contact speed
0 kts
Trail 6 min
Pirates Open Fire
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• Skiff and whaler raft up
• Monitored by MST
• After action report to
UKMTO
• Vessel Speed increases to
14.9kts
• Vessel re routed to the East
Head Up
Vessel Speed
13kts
VRM 0.2 nm
EBL 20°
CPA 0.5 nm
Contact speed
0 kts
Trail 6 min
After Action
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“The incident with ‘this VLCC’ last Friday is a classic
example of where vigilance and a professional
response paid dividends in preventing what could
have been the first real pirate success of 2013.” Ian
Millen
"This is an excellent result. My multinational
counter piracy forces swiftly located and dealt with
this Somali pirate group." Commodore Blunden,
commander of CTF 151
Apprehension and Arrest
• 2 Skiffs apprehended, empty
cartridges, climbing
equipment and other pirate
paraphernalia found
• 12 Pirates arrested & 2 Skiffs
destroyed
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• Routing through JWC area
• Know your vessel, how would you get on board?
• Crew Training and Rehearsals
• Taken seriously at all levels
• Re-rehearsed if not achieved
• Command and Control
• Communications
• Dislocation
• Communications with UKMTO
• Bridge Cards (communications / response)
Lessons Learnt
