Offences range from maritime piracy and the smuggling of migrants in the medi terranean and other waters, to drug and arms trafficking, and charcoal smug. Maritime crime represents a growing challenge for the international community. As in previous years, the current series includes analyses of the economic and human costs of piracy and armed robbery in the western indian ocean region, west africa, asia, and latin american and the caribbean. Aug 12, 2019 transport volume of worldwide maritime trade 20082018. The regions most likely to come under threat from pirate attacks include indonesia, the. Piracy attacks on merchant vessels threaten the freedom and unhindered operation of international shipping and trade, particularly off the coast of somalia, in the region of the gulf of guinea and in the indian subcontinent. The global maritime ports database is an arcview point shapefile that gives the location, characteristics, known facilities, and available services of nearly 5,000 ports and shipping facilities and oil terminals throughout the world. Originally operating primarily in the north sea and the gulf of mexico, the company has over the recent years expanded its area of operations to include a. Combating maritime piracy council on foreign relations. Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boatborne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties. This paper presents a model to generate dynamic patterns of maritime piracy. There were 439 worldwide piracy attacks in 2011, more. Zoomin and click on the pointers to view more information of individual attacks. The maritime piracy database stores intelligence related to cases of piracy and armed robbery at sea, including data on individuals, telephone numbers, email addresses, piracy incidents, locations, businesses and financial information.
Using the most comprehensive, global piracy data set available to datethe contemporary maritime piracy database cmpd, this article documents the. Maritime piracy is a global issue, and in these two regions, there is a trio of factors which have catalyzed the problem. Such activities are available to member states if and when required. Global maritime antipiracy systems market 20152017.
The model presented here is a tool to estimate the number of pirates and their area of action. Software piracy is a large and costly problem that is not going away any time soon. International maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea. Piracy continues in various hotspots around the world. Piracy has changed in the past three years, said devlin mcstay, data analyst at ihs maritime and trade. Interpols global maritime piracy database, was recognized in november by the. The analysts forecast the global maritime antipiracy systems market to grow at a cagr of 1. As a recent article in the guardian reported, after being labelled a highrisk country by london insurers, benin suffered a 70% drop in its maritime. Our indepth data, analysis and news enables customers around the world to address challenges including market volatility, regulatory changes and global risks while developing new opportunities and remaining competitive. From this portal you may download your software license files and program installation files.
Reports of actual and attempted attacks by pirates and armed robbers against ships are continuously promulgated via imos piracy and armed robbery module within the organizations global integrated shipping information system gisis as soon as they are received by the secretariat from member states and reporting organizations and entities subject to registration. Half of the worlds attacks now take place in the waters off indonesia, singapore and. For background information on imos involvement with maritime security click here. Two notable subsets of maritime crime are armed robbery at sea, occurring within a nations territorial sea, and piracy, which takes places in. A secure maritime environment is essential for the free flow of global trade. Model details, outputs and calibration are illustrated.
However, even in countries and regions with lower piracy ratessuch as. The global software piracy rate increased 3 percent between 2007 and 2008, to 41 percent. We have over 300 years industry experience and are the sole appointed authority for assigning and validating the imo. I am pleased to present this report on the activities of the global maritime crime programme in 2015. Piracy and armed robbery a threat to ships crews, warns imb. Get the latest maritime piracy news, including coverage of attacks, releases and issues affecting maritime security. The point shapefile can be brought into arcview or any other gis software that accepts shaepfile format. In order to provide an overall view of the global threat posed by piracy and armed robbery against ships, since 1982 the organization has issued incident reports on such acts and attempted acts. Global maritime is an independent offshore and engineering consultancy headquartered in stavanger, norway. The number of piracy attacks is decreasing overall, but kidnapping is becoming more.
The organization, through its maritime security capacity building and technical cooperation programme, conducts various national and regional activities, to ensure that the isps code is implemented effectively by member states. The 2017 state of maritime piracy report represents the latest findings in the eight years since oceans beyond piracy began the series. Pirates turn to kidnapping and away from hijacking, ihs. United nations through its unanimous endorsement of a resolution calling on all of its 193 member states to share information with interpol as part of a comprehensive global response to maritime piracy off the. Piracy and armed robbery at sea continues to threaten seafarers in regions like gulf of guinea, the waters of south east asia and the waters off somalia. International maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea maritime crime poses potential hazards throughout the world. The gulf of aden is considered as a case study, and data on pirate attacks, vessels routes and flows through the gulf of aden in the year 2010 are used to. One foundational dataset used in the report is the total commercial tonnage carried on waterways published by the u.
Two notable subsets of maritime crime are armed robbery at sea, occurring within a nations territorial sea, and piracy, which takes places in waters beyond the territorial sea. The shipping industrys use of armed private maritime security companies pmscs on board commercial ships is currently at the center of an international debate. The regions most likely to come under threat from pirate attacks include indonesia, the malaysia. When speaking of pirates, we think of what could be identified as the golden age of piracy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when nowfamiliar names like captain henry morgan, captain kidd, and black beard ruled the seas. Global legal and illegal computer software 20092017. The distinction between piracy and armed robbery at sea is a technical one, and depends on where the act was perpetrated. The goal of maritime security operations is actively to deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations, and pirates are often detained, interrogated, disarmed, and released.
Maritime piracy is an ageold act that for centuries has inflicted grave economic damage on the global trade of goods and. The reports are based on data and information submitted by imo member governments as well as appropriate regional and international organizations. The act is referred to as piracy when it occurred in. More recently, since 2005, imo has focused on piracy off the coast of somalia, in the gulf of aden and the wider indian ocean, and is currently implementing a strategy for enhancing maritime security in west and central africa, in line with the regions maritime security agreements.
The maritime intelligence risk suite mirs integrates the worlds largest maritime database seaweb tm, realtime ship movement tracking software aislive, and a newly developed risk events database to provide a onestop maritime risk mitigation solution. Each wreck is attributed with a variety of information. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates, while dedicated ships that are used by them are called pirate ships. Pirates and piracy have been around as long as commerce and trade have occurred on the high seas.
Global maritime was responsible for the 2011 installation of the sole. There managing the global response to maritime piracy. Global maritime security inc is the regions premier maritime security provider, and a world leader in anti piracy and counterterrorism. In fact, since 2011, the global rate of unlicensed software use has actually increased despite both legal and corporate efforts to curb the problem. The imo secretariat, in particular msf staff with maritime security related duties, work in close cooperation with member states, partner united nations agencies, regional organizations, development partners and the wider maritime industry, to safeguard global maritime security and suppress piracy, armed robbery against ships and other illicit. Interpols global maritime piracy database interpol red. It welcomed in that regard the initiative of seychelles authorities to establish a court for piracy and maritime crime. Information on the project can be found at maritime piracy.
With millions of dollars at stake, pirates have little incentive to stop. But the modern piracy, which made a comeback at the end of the 1990s, has become a scourge of maritime transport, with a significant human and economic cost. This live map shows all piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to imb piracy reporting centre during 2020. The maritime intelligence risk suite mirs integrates the worlds largest maritime. We are prepared to handle your immediate security needs including anti piracy maritime security solutions, man made and natural disaster recovery security services, and maritime protective services. Most notably, the rand institutes peter chalk, as well as the international maritime bureau. The global maritime wrecks database is a worldwide gis database of over 250,000 shipwrecks. Piracy attacks on merchant vessels threaten the freedom and unhindered operation of international shipping and trade, particularly off the coast of somalia, in the region of the. We go over the recently released oceans beyond piracy report for 2017. Our global maritime security database is integral to maintaining information on. Piracy around the world ebsco information services. London and kuala lumpur, 14 january 2020 despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the gulf of guinea, according to the international chamber of commerces international maritime bureaus imb annual piracy report.
Covered in this report the report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global maritime antipiracy systems market for 20172021. The 2016 port performance report used multiple sources, including public datasets featured on data. Global maritime was founded in london, england in 1979. The company provides engineering, marine and advisory services to the offshore and shipping industry. It shows between the lines and among others things the changes and evolution in pirates capability, as well as.
After a restructuring in the early 2000s, global maritime holdings as was established as the enterprises parent company, and the worldwide headquarters were moved to stavanger. Imos piracy and maritime security databases in gisis combined maritime forces. Contemporary maritime piracy reached its peak level in 2010, with around 445 reported incidents. The global maritime piracy database gives the location, dateof occurrence, type of event, victim and detailed description of piracy and antishipping events throughout the world. Using the most comprehensive, global piracy data set available to datethe contemporary maritime piracy database cmpd, this article documents the change in piracy, identifying that the new. The current state of global maritime piracy geopolitical.
Transport volume of worldwide maritime trade 20082018. Number of pirate attacks worldwide 20102019 statista. International ship and port facility security isps code. If exact coordinates are not provided, estimated positions are shown based on information provided. Army corps of engineers waterborne commerce statistics center. These two phenomena have a global impact on maritime trade and. Project framework some good efforts have been made to assess the global cost of maritime piracy. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th. Maritime piracy and armed robbery against ship are one of the contemporary challenges of the maritime industry.