Maritime Security: A New Strategy for Merchant Shipping to Avoid Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
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This article aims at showing the current practice in the Gulf of Guinea to enhance the security of merchant vessels in the region, by using the local integrated maritime strategy (EIMS) of government agencies. Following the increase in the spate of attacks in the GOG region, commercial vessels have been keen on adopting the use of Institutional and operational initiatives (IOI) taken at the national and regional levels in the framework of combating maritime crime (piracy). However, in the context Gulf of Guinea, there is evidence suggesting that most unlawful acts against vessels in the region, irrespective of their nature or location, are erroneously being classified as acts of piracy. There is a need to raise awareness and involve civil society in current discussions and programs on maritime security. According to the current situation, maritime security is widely regarded as a military issue, involving only local communities in coastal areas, which are suffering the greatest threat from sea. In fact, in a strict sense, maritime security is not a military or law enforcement issue; on the contrary, it should include a wide range of social, environmental, institutional, political and economic issues in a comprehensive way. Thus, placing maritime security outside the armed forces will help to launch a new debate on how coastal communities can benefit (or pose a threat) from maritime safety and security. As an alternative, countries such as Togo and Nigeria, in collaboration with the Institutional and operational initiatives provide vessels an extra layer of protection. This article seeks to explore the current trend in the GOG and the host of sensitive legal issues they may raise. The article first identifies the features of models before assessing them against international norms in other to highlight specific legal, institutional and operational concerns. Finally some remarks will be made through a conclusion based on the normative and practical perspective of the article.
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Naval warfare now uses robotics in autonomous vessels, submarines, torpedoes, mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, anti-piracy, and counterterrorism.
“robotics became included in the naval warfare domain as part of autonomous boats, ships, submarines, torpedoes and as part of Naval Mine Counter-Measures (NMCM), passive Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) [97–99], anti-piracy operations (i.e. Somalian coasts, Nigeria’s Niger Delta, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Aden [100, 101], and Guardafui Channel) and countering-terrorism, relying on the Combined Task”
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Section 3.2 describes armed maritime patrols and vessel-protection operations in the Gulf of Guinea and off Somalia, supporting the anti-piracy setting for which this source is cited. It does not say that those operations use robotics or autonomous vessels; the broader claim about robotics in naval warfare is therefore unsupported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- Broohm, D. A., Wang, G., & Gao, J.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai Maritime University (CN)
- Venue
- Open Journal of Social Sciences
- Publisher
- Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.
- Published
- 2020
- Volume
- 08
- Issue
- 05
- Pages
- 392-410
- ISSN
- 2327-5952 (ISSN-L)
- 2327-5960
- OpenAlex
- W3032136677
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Open Journal of Social Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Maritime Security and History
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › International Maritime Law Issues
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Keywords
- maritime security, piracy, merchant shipping, Gulf of Guinea, maritime crime, coastal communities, civil society participation, Togo, Nigeria, international maritime law
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