Egersund Conference
10th December 2009
Arild Nodland, CEO
Piracy Charts
in association with
Bergen Risk Solutions
Incorporated 16 January 2007
Arild Nodland, founder & CEO
 16 years analysing conflicts and high risk countries
 10 years field experience from crisis areas (Army,
Intelligence Services, United Nations, The European
Commission)
 Two Master’s Degrees from Uni. of Birmingham, UK
 Defence & Security Studies
 Political Risk & Religion’s Role in Global Politics
Bergen Risk Solutions
Core staff
Odin Hjellestad, co-founder, partner & advisor
 Former journalist and seaman
 UN military and civilian experience from crisis areas
 Anthropology studies at University of Bergen
Ingrid Mellingen, senior analyst
 Master of Strategic Studies, Kings College, Aberdeen
 Terror and Insurgency researcher at Jane’s
E-mail: blackbeard@bergenrisksolutions.com
Our Clients
Oil, Gas, Shipping, Insurance
and
more…
Published/Referenced
and
more…
Why Piracy Charts?
Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean 2009, since 15 March
Somali Piracy
Last three years
45
40
35
30
25
2007
20
2008
15
2009
10
5
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
257 incidents recorded so far this year.
Dec
Somali Piracy
47 hijackings in 2009, as of 30 November
 Indian Ocean: 28
 Gulf of Aden: 17
 Off Oman: 1
Each hijack costs on
average 6 mn USD to
resolve. Plus the human
cost….
Gulf of
Aden
37%
Indian
Ocean
61%
West Africa, too
Gulf of Guinea since 15 March 2009
Lagos
Niger Delta
and Asia…
Malacca & South China Sea, since 15 March 2009
Anambas
Islands
Customer value


We reduce uncertainty
We bring clarity

We offer a superb, practical tool for the risk
management process:
1. Identification of risk
2. Analysis
3. Prevention (avoidance)
Intelligence
4. Response
Operations
Why is this of value?
‘… building understanding and a robust
knowledge platform of local conditions
may, in fact, be the most important form
of risk mitigation’.
Guide to country risk, Statoil, 2005
How it works
From source to end user
COLLECTION
PROCESSING
ANALYSIS
IMB PRC
BRS in-house
BRS in-house
DISTRIBUTION
UKMTO (UK)
MSC-HOA (EU)
ONI (US)
RECAAP (Asia)
Media
Own Network
Jeppesen’s C-Map
Ocean View™
Electronic Maritime Security Charts
Why?
 Piracy is a problem.
Somalia, Nigeria, South China Sea and other areas
 We have the tool to help identify & manage the problem.
Improves decision making
Saves time, money, assets and lives
 No need for high speed Internet link.
Reduces communication costs
Increases accessibility on and off shore
 Integrated solution.
Navigation, piracy, weather, wave and other info on same
system, same screen
Route planning
 Global Coverage.
End of Presentation
Contact blackbeard@bergenrisksolutions.com or
safenav@jeppesen.com for more information
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