Shore & Offshore Security

Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy Services

De Corridor 27,
3621 ZA Breukelen,
Netherlands

+31 85 401 1650

De Corridor 27,
3621 ZA Breukelen,
Netherlands

Shore & Offshore Security is a privately owned, Netherlands and Cyprus-based maritime security company that provides an extensive range of maritime security and anti-piracy services and solutions for both commercial and private vessels. It offers armed and unarmed protection services to counter piracy and other hostile threats. The company’s mission is to provide its clients with professional maritime security services that will protect their interests from piracy and terrorism.

Flexible maritime security services

The company accomplishes its services through:

Exceptional and client-orientated service
Highly skilled personnel
Professional training
Coverage to board security team members and weapons from, but not limited to: Malta, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania , South Africa, Sri Lanka, Oman
Compliance with the highest international standards (legislation) for private maritime security providers (IMO regulation)

Should the maritime security needs of Shore & Offshore Security’s clients change, the company will remain flexible and create new anti-piracy solutions to meet their needs.

Offshore security teams

The company’s security teams consist mainly of Dutch and British former marines and commandos. The teams have extensive experience operating in military and high-risk commercial maritime environments. Once onboard a vessel, teams will use their knowledge and experience to train and instil confidence in the crew. They will also implement a ship security plan to increase the defence to deter any acts of piracy.

Shore & Offshore Security

Team duties while transiting are to:

Advise the captain on high-risk areas and recent pirate attacks
Train the crew in anti-piracy drills
Conduct onboard training and lectures
Provide 24hr anti-piracy watch
Provide ship security / anti-piracy plan
Enhance vessel defences
React to incidents in accordance with the anti-piracy plan
Invoke a layered response to incidents
Move crew and non-essential personnel to a safe area
Evasive maneuvering
Max speed and route assessment / planning
Emergency communications / notify all necessary originations
Deploy firearms if carried
Notify 24hr operations room

Shore & Offshore Security has a public liability insurance cover of €5m. All personnel are covered by full medical and repatriation insurance.

Comprehensive protection services

Along with highly trained, motivated and professional team members, included in the company’s services are:

Qualified ship-borne medic accompanying all team taskings
Medical trauma kit
Satellite phone
Vessel monitoring and intelligence
Communications for team members (radios)
Handheld torches
Binoculars
Night vision aid (NVA)
Spare batteries
Modern weapons (if required)
Appropriate ammunition in sufficient quantity (if required)

Certifications and ethos

The right of self-defence is enshrined in law, and Shore & Offshore Security has extensive experience working with firearms. At all times that firearms are carried, security personnel are subject to strict rules of use of force (RUF), which are based on sound legal principles. Nothing in the rules circumvents the client’s overriding authority.

Shore & Offshore Security is a signatory company to the Geneva International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers (ICoC). It has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification through Lloyd’s Register LRQA, an international standard related to quality management and client satisfaction. It is also the first Dutch company to become a member of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI), where it has obtained stage 1 accreditation. This has only been granted to 20 of the 160 private security company members of SAMI.

Shore & Offshore Security operates in cooperation with UK-based intelligence provider Dryad Maritime Intelligence, which delivers intelligence for vessels around high-risk areas.