ISO PAS 28007 Procedures for Private Maritime Security Companies
ISO have requested that IMO bring to the attention of member states, and other delegations to IMO, that an open, informative meeting is to be held at INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon from 26th to 27th July 2012 in order to debate the proposed standard ISO PAS 28007 as per the agenda (see Related Documents). For more information, please contact Robin Townsend at robin.townsend@lr.org
90th Meeting of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and its sub-ordinated Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy Working Group (MSPWG), 16 - 25 May 2012.
The MSC meeting will start off with a high-level policy discussion on arms on board ships. This discussion will then feed in into the discussion of the MSPWG which, inter alia, will consider a proposal for "
Draft Interim Guidance to private maritime security companies (PMSC) providing privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) aboard vessels transiting the High Risk Area off the east coast of Africa".