The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee will hold its next meeting April 12-13 at the American Bureau of Shipping, 1400 Key Blvd, Suite 800, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) met by teleconference this morning (May 20th) to finalize a Resolution on Seafarer Shore Access. The Resolution was adopted unanimously, after two amendments.

After years of recommending against the use of weapons to defend against piratical attacks, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has finally approved a Circular with interim guidance to the industry on the use of “privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area” of the Indian Ocean, as well as apparently separate