Maritime Security Guidelines For Ships Registered at IMMARBE.

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searched. Security should be at a high level of alert with lookouts
maintained on all sides of the ship.
The following are additional security guidelines for consideration:
• Brief crewmembers on the risks of being attacked by pirates or
armed bandits.
• Secure the bridge, engine room, steering gear compartments,
officers’ cabins, and crew accommodations.
• Carefully plan any response to an apparent attack and ensure the
crew is appropriately trained.
• If possible, avoid high-risk areas and bottlenecks.
• Consider delaying the ship’s arrival if there is a high threat from
piracy at a port and if a berth is not immediately available so as to
minimize the ship’s vulnerability whilst awaiting its turn to berth.
3. Security Measures at Sea
When approaching or sailing through high-risk areas:
• Augment bridge watches and lookouts.
• Establish additional watches on the stern and where there are
visual and radar “blind spots”.
• Equip watches with low-light binoculars and/or night-vision
goggles.
• When monitoring nearby ships, give additional attention to small
craft matching the speed of the ship or traveling parallel to the ship.
• Ensure someone responsible for communications remains on duty.
• Maintain radio communications with appropriate shore and naval
authorities.
If a suspicious ship at sea approaches in a threatening manner:
• Increase speed and alter course if safe to do so.
• Not to allow the ship to come alongside; do not respond to
messages by radio, light, or hailing.
• Note details of the threatening ship and video or photograph the
ship if possible.
• At night, switch off the weather deck lighting; direct searchlights at
the approaching ship.
• Keep personnel clear of the weather deck.
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