3 Risk assessment
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1405/Rev.2 – Revised Interim Guidance to Shipowners, Ship Operators, and Shipmasters on the Use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel on Board Ships in the High Risk Area1 – (25 May 2012) - Annex – Revised Interim Guidance to Shipowners, Ship Operators, and Shipmasters on the Use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel on Board Ships in the High Risk Area1 - 3 Risk assessment

3 Risk assessment

  3.1 Shipowners should ensure that the flag State is consulted at an early stage in their consideration of the decision to place PCASP on board to ensure that any statutory requirements are met.

  3.2 Whether to use PCASP within the HRA is a decision for the individual shipowner after a thorough risk assessment and after ensuring all other practical means of self-protection have been employed.

  3.3 The risk assessment should include and document the following factors and considerations, prior to making the determination to take such actions:

  • .1 ship and crew security, safety and protection;

  • .2 whether all practical means of self-protection have been effectively implemented in advance;

  • .3 the potential misuse of firearms resulting in bodily injury or death;

  • .4 the potential for unforeseen accidents;

  • .5 liability issues;

  • .6 the potential for escalation of the situation at hand; and

  • .7 compliance with international and national law.

Parent topic: Annex – Revised Interim Guidance to Shipowners, Ship Operators, and Shipmasters on the Use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel on Board Ships in the High Risk Area footnote
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