Global's BMP - Annex General 2
Supporting Naval/ Military Forces/ Law Enforcement Organisations
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)
CMF is an enduring global maritime partnership of 32 willing nations aligned in common purpose to conduct Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in order to provide security and stability in the maritime environment. CMF operates three Combined Task Forces (CTF) across the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin, Northern Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf. CTF150 is responsible for maritime security and counter-terrorism, CTF151 is responsible for deterring, disrupting and suppressing piracy and CTF152 is responsible for maritime security and counter-terrorism specifically in the Arabian Gulf. Visit www.combinedmaritimeforces.com or e-mail us at cmf_info@me.navy.mil.
EUNAVFOR (The European Naval Force)
Piracy and other maritime security issues have continued to be a threat to mariners who transit the Southern Rea Sea, Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. The mission of EU NAVFOR is (1) to PROTECT World Food Programme and other vulnerable shipping and (2) to deter, prevent and repress acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea. This requires (3) the enhancement of cooperation and coordination with an increasingly wide range of 74maritime actors to uphold freedom of navigation across a broad maritime security architecture. EU NAVFOR is also tasked with (4) monitoring fishing activities off the coast of Somalia. Thus, acting as a catalyst for action, EU NAVFOR continues to promote solutions to regional maritime security issues, thereby contributing to the EU’s much wider security, capacity-building and capability-building work in this strategically important location.
http://eunavfor.eu/
INTERPOL
INTERPOL has a dedicated unit for maritime piracy that works with the police, navy, and private sector in member countries, and can provide support to ship operators who have had their ships hijacked. INTERPOL’s Maritime Security sub-Directorate (MTS) can be consulted on the recommended practices and action to be taken to help preserve the integrity of any evidence left behind following a pirate attack that could be useful to law enforcement agents pursuing an investigation.
MTS can be contacted on tel +33 472 44 72 33 or via email dlMTSOPSupport@interpol.int during business hours (GMT 08H00 – 17H00).
Outside of normal business hours, contact can be made via INTERPOL’s Command and Co-ordination Centre (CCC).
The CCC is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and supports INTERPOL’s 192 member countries faced with a crisis situation or requiring urgent operational assistance. The CCC operates in all four of Interpol’s official languages (English, French, Spanish, and Arabic).
Contact details are: tel +33 472 44 7676; email os-ccc@interpol.int It is recommended that ship operators contact INTERPOL within 3 days of a hijacking of their ship.
Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa (MSCHOA)
MSCHOA is an integral part of EU NAVFOR, sitting functionally within the Operational Headquarters and staffed by military and civilian EU NAVFOR personnel. The MSCHOA provides a service to mariners in the Gulf of Aden, the Somali Basin and off the Horn of Africa. It is a Coordination Centre dedicated to safeguarding legitimate freedom of navigation in light of the risk of attack against merchant shipping in the region, in support of the UN Security Council’s Resolutions (UNSCR) 1816 and subsequent reviews. EU NAVFOR and CMF are committed to ensuring that mariners have the most up to date regular threat assessments and incident specific bulletins, published by the MSCHOA. Through close dialogue with shipping companies, ships’ masters and other interested parties, MSCHOA builds up a picture of vulnerable shipping in these waters and their approaches. The MSCHOA can then act as a focal point sharing information to provide support and protection to maritime traffic. There is a clear need to protect ships and their crews from illegitimate and dangerous attacks, safeguarding a key global trade route.
www.mschoa.org
UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)
UKMTO capability acts as the primary point of contact for merchant vessels and liaison with military forces within the region. UKTMO also administers the Voluntary Reporting Scheme, under which merchant vessels are encouraged to send regular reports, providing their position/speed and ETA at the next port of call, in accordance with the Maritime Security Chart Q6099.
Emerging and time relevant information impacting commercial traffic can then be passed directly to vessels at sea, and responding assets accordingly, therefore improving the collective responsiveness to an incident. For further information on UKTMO please contact:
Emergency Telephone Numbers: +44 (0)2392 222060 or +971 5055 23215
Email: watchkeepers@ukmto.org
Web: www.ukmto.org