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IMO PIRACY GUIDANCEPrivately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP)

MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.2 Revised interim guidance to shipowners, ship operators andshipmasters on the use of privately contracted armed securitypersonnel on board ships in the High Risk Area 25 May 2012

MSC.1Circ./1406-Rev-2 Revised Interim Recommendations for Flag States regardingthe use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel onboard ships in the High Risk Area 25 May 2012

MSC.1Circ./1408-Rev-1 Revised Interim Recommendations for Flag States regarding

the use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel onboard ships in the High Risk Area 25 May 2012

MSC.1/Circ.1443 Interim guidance to private maritime security companiesproviding privately contracted armed security personnel onboard ships in the High Risk Area (25 May 2012)

MSC.1/Circ.1444 Interim guidance for flag States on measures to prevent andmitigate Somalia-based piracy (25 May 2012)

MSC-FAL.1/Circ.2 Questionnaire on information on port and coastal State

requirements related to Privately Contracted Armed Securityon board ships 22 September 2011

Piracy and armed robbery

Resolution A.545(13) Measures to prevent acts of piracy and armed robbery againstships 29 February 1984

Resolution A.683(17) Prevention and suppression of acts of piracy and armed

robbery against ships 21 November 1991

Resolution A.738(18) Measures to prevent and suppress acts of piracy and armedrobbery against ships 17 November 1993

Resolution A.923(22) Measures to prevent the registration of "Phantom" ships22 January 2002

MSC.1/Circ.1233 Piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coastof Somalia 15 June 2007

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Circular letter No.2933 Request for information on national legislation on piracy*23 December 2008

MSC.1/Circ.1302 Piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coastof Somalia 16 April 2009

MSC.1/Circ.1332 Piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coastof Somalia 16 June 2009

MSC.1/Circ.1334 Guidance to shipowners and ship operators, shipmasters andcrews on preventing and suppressing acts of piracy and armedrobbery against ships 23 June 2009(revokes MSC/Circ.623/Rev.3)

MSC.1/Circ.1333 Recommendations to Governments for preventing andsuppressing piracy and armed robbery against ships26 June 2009

(revokes MSC/Circ.622/Rev.1)

SN.1/Circ.281 Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Waters Off theCoast of Somalia Information on InternationallyRecommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) for Ships transiting theGulf of Aden 3 August 2009

Resolution A.1025(26) Code of practice for the investigation of crimes ofPiracy and armed robbery against ships(revokes resolution A.922(22)) 18 January 2010

MSC.1/Circ.1390 Guidance for company security officers (CSOs)

Preparationof a Company and crew for the contingency of hijack by piratesin the Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden09 December 2010

Circular Letter 3164 Responding to the scourge of piracy 14 February 2011

Resolution MSC.324(89) Implementation of Best Management Practice Guidance20 May 2011

MSC.1/Circ.1404 Guidelines to assist in the Investigation of the Crimes of Piracyand Armed Robbery against ships 23 May 2011

MSC.1/Circ.1339 Best Management Practices for Protection against SomaliaBased Piracy (BMP 4) (revokes MSC.1/Circ.1337) 14 September 2011

Resolution A.1044(26) Piracy and Armed robbery against ships in waters off the coastof Somalia (revokes resolution A.1026(26))

20 December 2011

*Issued by LED and they are compiling the data

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