Common Maritime Security Threats
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[COMMON MARITIME
SECURITY THREATS]
In this video we will explain
the six most common maritime security threats.
But first
[TAKE A MOMENT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS]
take a moment to answer these questions.
[HOW MANY MARITIME SECURITY THREATS CAN YOU NAME?]
How many maritime security threats can you name?
[CAN YOU EXPLAIN EACH OF THEM?]
Can you explain each of them?
[PAUSE THE VIDEO AND RECORD YOUR ANSWERS]
Pause the video and record your answers.
[1 ARMED ROBBERY]
Armed robberies
can and do happen to seafarers around the globe
with alarming frequency.
Armed robberies occur mostly in port areas.
Maritime
[2 PIRACY]
piracy affects major shipping lanes
and puts at risk the lives of seafarers
and merchant seaman from all over the world
of whom hundreds are taken captive each year.
Millions of dollars in ransom payments are paid
[PIRATES]
to pirates.
It is believed that these payments are divided
[LEADERS]
between the pirates,
[FINANCIERS]
their leaders and those who finance them.
Two hundred and twenty-one acts
[ACTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS]
of piracy an armed robbery against ships
[WHICH WERE REPORTED]
were reported
[TO HAVE BEEN ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED OR ATTEMPTED]
to the International Maritime Organization.
In recent years,
these acts were either attempted or they occurred.
Although the International
[REPORTED PIRACY INCIDENTS]
Maritime Organization reported
an overall decrease in reported incidents
of attempted or actual piracy incidents,
certain areas like the Gulf of Guinea,
the South American Pacific and the Caribbean
saw an increase in incidents.
Terrorism
[3. TERRORISM]
is usually committed by extremist groups
who seek to gain political objectives
by using violence or threats of violence.
[BOMB THREATS]
Bomb threats
[HIJACKINGS]
and hijackings are common ways
that terrorist groups try to make a statement.
Smuggling
[4 SMUGGLING]
is the illegal transportation of objects,
substances or people.
Drugs are often the item of choice.
They can be transported
[LUGGAGE]
in luggage,
[STORES]
stores
[PERSON'S BODY]
or in a person's body.
Weapons are another commodity
that is frequently smuggled.
The ship-owner whose ship is being used
to smuggle the goods
may suffer a large financial loss.
Cargo theft
[5 CARGO THEFT]
is an age old problem,
the maritime industry
loses billions to cargo theft
and cargo loss each year.
Losses can occur in many ways
from containers being mislaid,
mislabeled or simply failing
to arrive at their destination.
To instances involving breaking
into ports to steal goods.
Collateral damage
[6 COLLATERAL DAMAGE]
results when a fire,
explosion or attack occurs near a ship
or facility and causes damage.
The damage is sometimes not intentional
but the costs are very real.
When handling security threats,
proper planning and training is essential
and taking these matters seriously is critical.