This seminar addresses how piracy affects seafarers, taking into account that acts of piracy and armed robbery have become more frequent and more violent, especially in the seas off Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It looked at the various issues involved from the seafarers' point of view.
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Seminar "Piracy and armed robbery at sea: How best to protect seafarers?"
3 March 2010
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Agenda 
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Summary [41 KB]
Key notes
Measures to consider prior transiting a dangerous area
Mr Alfons Guinier, Secretary General of ECSA [3 MB]
Mr Peter Swift, Managing Director, INTERTANKO [3 MB]
Mr Giles Noakes, Head of Security Department, BIMCO [10 MB]
Mr Jon Whitlow, ITF Secretary, Seafarers Section [37 KB]
The answer of the insurance market and its consequences
Mr. Neil Roberts, Senior Executive- Underwriting, Lloyds Market Association [2 MB]
Mr Nigel Carden, Maritime Security Subcommittee Chairman, International Group of the P&I Clubs [630 KB]
Mr Guy Morel, Secretary General, InterManager [350 KB]
Location and information sharing systems - effective European Commission tools
Mr Willem de Ruiter, Executive Director of EMSA [5 MB]
A nightmare comes true: tales of captivity – Round Table
Captain Colin Darch, ex Master of MV "Svitzer Korsakov" [20 KB]
Implications of piracy and armed robbery on the attractiveness of the maritime professions
Mr Koji Sekimizu, Maritime Safety Division, IMO [29 KB]
Images gallery - Pictures from the seminar
Images 
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