Government Private Sector Partnership in Combating Piracy

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• Government Private Sector Partnership in
  Combating Piracy

Presentation by MISC Bhd.
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Melati Dua Melati 5

• Details of the vessel
• Chemical Tanker type II

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Suspected pirate boat, mother ship and hijacked
ship

Information from Industry Sources
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Impact of piracy to shipping industry

• In the case of GoA, some shipowners deci

Increase in cost of oil and insurance rate
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Actions by littoral states

• As international concern mounted over pirates
  attacks in and around the Malacca Straits,
  amongst the littoral states took following
  actions to reduce piracy and safeguard shipping
  transit

• Trilateral Coordinated Patrol among Indonesia,
  Malaysia and Singapore was launched on 19 July
  2004.
• Mainly intended to protect the intern of the
  countries that use Malacca and Singapore Strait
  for their transportation.

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Monitoring Progress

• MISC Emergency Respond Centre (ERC)
• - Activated and manned since the
  start of the incident on a 24 hour / 7 day
  basis.
• MISC ERC Team
• Monitored the position of all other MISC vessels
  transiting the Gulf of Aden via online
  satellite-based tracking system.
• Monitored the position of both MTD and MT5 via
  SSAS Alerts received from the vessels, satellite
  based tracking system and also via telephone
  contacts with the vessels on a regular basis.

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Co-operation with Government Agencies

• The incident was immediately reported to
  Malaysian Governments relevant authorities,
  among these were
• Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN).
• Wisma Putra ( Communication with Philippine
  Government )
• Pusat Komunikasi Marin Malaysia
• Scheduled meetings were held in Putrajaya headed
  by MKN together with various Government Agencies
  to coordinate the information sharing and action
  plans.
• The Malaysian Governments relevant
  representatives were present whenever
  communications were established with the vessels.
• The Government kept a close watch over the
  negotiations and made the necessary preparations
  after discussion with MISC.
• MISC led the negotiations, with the support,
  advise and agreement of all concerned parties.
• The RMN was kept updated and ready at short
  notice to assist if there were any emergencies.

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ESCORT TASKING

• First Convoy Commenced on 18 Sept 2008
• To date 41 Convoys completed
• Impact of Naval Escort
• Safe transit through Gulf of Aden
• Boost the morale and spirit of ship staff
• Enhance ship staff confidence
• Deter pirates from attempting possible attack

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Convoy in Gulf of Aden

Bunga Melati 7
MV MCP Linz
Bunga Seroja Dua
Bunga Melati 3
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RPG Found on one of the Melati vessels

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THE SAFE HOMECOMING OF ALL THE CREW
FROM BUNGA MELATI DUA AND BUNGA MELATI 5
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• THANK YOU