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BMP4 - Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy Thursday, August 18, 2011
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BMP4
The 4th Edition of the shipping industry’s Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy (BMP4) has now been released as a pdf.
BMP4 has been produced by the shipping industry in consultation with EUNAVFOR, NATO, CMF, UKMTO and INTERPOL. OCIMF has been central to the process of producing BMP4 and is coordinating the distribution of the BMP4 booklets.
Industry's focus when revising Best Management Practice has been on targeting the document at Ship Operators and Seafarers. With this in mind the document has been produced as a pocket-sized booklet providing essential basic information.
Additional advice augmenting BMP4 will be accessible on the MSCHOA web site
www.mschoa.eu and the NATO web site
www.shipping.nato.int
Updates to BMP4 include an executive summary, Company and Ship Master’s planning in a clear tabular format and the removal of the Arabian Gulf from the High Risk Area. This wider application of the BMP is essential to help counter the threat from Somali-based piracy.
50,000 copies of the BMP4 booklet will be printed and should be available in 3 weeks time. Members requiring copies of the BMP4 booklet should request these by email from Alison Hunter-Gordon (alison@emailws.com) at Witherby Seamanship.