In the ever-changing landscape of piracy, access to accurate, up-to-date maritime intelligence is crucial. At Black Pearl we pride ourselves on our ability to monitor, analyse and predict movements, identify potential assaults and evaluate trends of pirate action groups around the world. By continually scrutinising the threat of piracy and feeding this back to our […]
What do you look for when you are choosing your maritime security provider? A company that is one of the few select maritime security companies to be an associate member of BIMCO A company that is signed up to the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers A company accredited with ISO/PAS 28007 […]
The private maritime security business is a tough one to be in at the moment. Many companies are struggling to keep up in an ever more competitive market. Even the bigger companies are not safe, as we have seen in recent months, with a number of high profile private maritime security companies struggling to keep […]
Black Pearl are proud to announce that we have been confirmed as one of the first group of private maritime security companies (PMSC) to become associate members of BIMCO. The driving force behind this recognition is the fact that we are one of the few maritime security companies to have successfully achieved ISO/PAS 28007 certification. […]
The UKMTO has issued a series of reports from the Strait of Hormuz. These were covered widely in the local media at the time. As well as one vessel being fired on by unknown assailants in one incident, military-style uniforms were sighted in one of the others. The incidents have not been assessed as pirate-related, given […]
The start of 2014 already seems a dim and distant memory. Over the past 3 weeks we have been busy preparing for our Stage 2 audit for ISO/PAS 28007:2012. Having successfully completed Stage 1 in November, we have continued to work hard towards ensuring compliance with this new Maritime Security Standard. The certification is being […]
With the launch of the movie Captain Phillips, there has been an increase in media interest on piracy. We were recently contacted by BBC Wiltshire who were interested to learn the reasons why we established Black Pearl and what it is like to work within this challenging industry. Chris Stewart, our CEO spent an hour […]
A counter-piracy task force commanded by a Royal Navy officer has caught a group of Somalis believed responsible for two attacks in the Indian Ocean. Pirates had exchanged gunfire with a super tanker on Friday 11 October before attacking a Spanish fishing vessel three days later. Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) traced the pirates’ skiffs from Britain’s […]
A terrorist staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the Suez Canal on Saturday, in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway, the head of the Suez Canal Authority Admiral Mohab Memish said; “The Suez Canal is a key global shipping line which is secured by the armed […]
In September 2012 we achieved the internationally recognised quality standard of ISO9001. This standard was first introduced in 1987 and requires organisations to demonstrate that they do what they say they do. Companies must have a quality management system in place to ensure consistency and improvement, leading to high levels of performance and customer satisfaction. […]
