21 Prior to entering an area, where attacks have
occurred, the ship’s crew should have practised the procedures
set down in the ship security plan. Alarm signals and procedures should
have been thoroughly practised and training and drills carried out.
If instructions are to be given over the ship’s address systems
or personal radios, they must be clearly understood by those who may
not have fully mastered the language in which the instructions will
be given.
22 In order to ensure higher vigilance upon entering
the area where attacks occur, additional specific security briefings
should be given to all ship personnel on the threats of piracy, re-emphasizing
the procedures for reporting suspicious persons, objects or activities.
Full or partial searches of the ship should be carried out regularly
while in the area with heightened threat of attack.
23 It cannot be emphasized enough that all possible
access points to the ship and any key and secure areas on it must
be secured or controlled in port, at anchor and when underway in affected
areas. Crews should be trained in the use of any additional surveillance
or detection equipment installed on the ship. Planning and training
must be on the basis that an attack will take place and not in the
belief that with some luck it will not happen. Indications to attackers
that the ship has an alert and trained crew implementing a ship security
plan will help to deter them from attacking the ship.