Overview of Somali Piracy Impacts on Maritime Industry and International Response

1. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport Overview of Somali Piracy Impacts on Maritime Industry and International Response Aly Elmaghawry Maritime safety programs AASTMT Alexandria October 2009 E mail elmaghawry2@hotmail.com Tel: +0101668115

2. Introduction Pirates activities off the coast of Somalia are growing at an alarming rate, threaten the safety and security of international shipping, it has reached unprecedented levels during the past two years, threatening one of the most important maritime routes in the world, the Gulf of Aden, which is the primary trade route between Asia and Europe because it is the shortest and most economical trade route.

3. Outcomes • Factors facilitating Somali piracy • Somalia piracy statistics • Actual and attempted attacks in Somalia and Gulf of Aden from 2004 to 2008 • Type of attacks in Somalia and Gulf of Aden 2008 • Type of violence to crew, 2008 • Somali piracy statistics 2009 (January to June) • Impacts of Somali piracy • National impacts • Regional impacts • International impacts • International response to deter Somali piracy • Conclusion

4. Factors facilitating Somali piracy The reasons of piracy are complicated, the causes in one country may not reflect the same in another, the motivation of piracy is different from state to state and from region to region. The main reason of piracy in Somalia is the lack of effective government in Somalia since President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991

5. Somalia piracy statistics

6. Actual and attempted attacks in Somalia and Gulf of Aden from 2004 to 2008 Data obtained from IMB piracy report 2008

7. Type of attacks in Somalia and Gulf of Aden 2008 Data obtained from IMB piracy report 2008

8. Type of violence to crew, 2008 Data obtained from IMB piracy report 2008

9. Somali piracy statistics 2009 (January to June) Data obtained from IMB piracy report January-June 2009

10. Impacts of Somali piracy Pirates activities off the coast of Somalia are growing at an alarming rate, threaten the safety and security of international shipping, and present impacts not only on Somalia but also on regional states and on international level.

11. National impacts • Economic revenues • Humanitarian assistance

12. Regional impacts • Gulf of Aden • Red sea • Gulf of Suez • Gulf of Aqaba

13. International impacts • Ports and terminals • Cargo owners • Consumers • Insurance companies • Shipping companies

14. International response to deter Somali piracy • United nation security council (UNSC) • International maritime organization (IMO) • Other maritime organizations • Deployments of naval forces

15. Conclusion • Somali piracy had been facilitated by the lack of state authority and law enforcement. • Increasing piracy activities off the coasts of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden is an alarming rate even with the presents of naval forces. • Act of Somalia piracy have affected the country mainly on the economic level and on the humanitarian assistance. • Act of Somalia piracy have a direct threat into the region of Gulf of Aden, red sea, the Gulf of Suez, and the Gulf of Aqaba. • Somalia piracies have direct and indirect impacts on the maritime industry especially on shipping companies. • Fights against Somali piracy can only be don by gathering the efforts hand on hand in international level.

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