MSC.1/Circ.1408
16 September 2011
INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PORT AND COASTAL STATES REGARDING
THE USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON BOARD SHIPS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA (High Risk Area: an area as defined in the Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy (MSC.1/Circ.1339), unless otherwise defined by the flag State.)
The Maritime Safety Committee (the Committee), at its eighty-ninth session
(11 to 20 May 2011), having approved:
(1) MSC.1/Circ.1405 on Interim guidance to shipowners, ship operators, and
shipmasters on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on
board ships in the High Risk Area(Revoked and replaced by MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.1.); and
(2) MSC.1/Circ.1406 on Interim recommendations for flag States regarding the
use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the
High Risk Area(Revoked and replaced by MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.1.),
agreed that there was an urgent need to develop further recommendations to Governments and, in particular, for coastal and port States, on aspects related to the embarkation, disembarkation and carriage of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) and of firearms and security-related equipment for use by PCASP(In the present recommendations, all references to firearms include the associated ammunition, consumables, spare parts and maintenance equipment for use by PCASP, and all references to securityrelated equipment include protective and communication equipment for use by PCASP.)
Member Governments, international organizations and non-governmental
organizations with consultative status are invited to bring to the attention of the Committee, at the earliest opportunity, the results of the experience gained from the use of the interim
recommendations so as to assist the Committee in deciding on any action to be taken.
These interim recommendations have been developed to address the growing use of
privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) in the High Risk Area to counter
Somali-based piracy, and specifically to provide further recommendations on aspects related to the embarkation, disembarkation and carriage of PCASP and of firearms and security-related equipment for use by PCASP. These recommendations do not address all the legal issues that might be associated with the movement of PCASP or of the firearms or equipment intended for use by them.
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