Services
Maritime Security Services
Vessel escort and onboard armed protection through high-risk transit corridors including the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of Guinea. BMP4-compliant operations.
Overview
What we deliver
Our maritime division delivers vessel escort and onboard armed protection through the world's highest-risk transit corridors, including the Gulf of Aden, the wider Indian Ocean High Risk Area, and the Gulf of Guinea. All operations are conducted in line with BMP4 (Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy) and the operator's voyage plan.
Services span pre-voyage risk assessment, vessel hardening recommendations, embarked security teams, and P&I liaison. Teams are briefed to the specific transit, equipped to licensing requirements, and stood up at short notice to meet charter schedules.
BMP4 is the framework the industry expects, and we work to it rather than around it. That means the transit is planned against current threat reporting for the specific corridor, the vessel's freeboard, speed, and manoeuvrability are assessed honestly, and hardening measures are recommended before the team embarks rather than improvised at sea. Where an operator has already implemented BMP4 measures, we work to what is in place instead of duplicating it.
A deployment begins well before boarding. We review the voyage plan and cargo profile, assess the threat picture for the intended route and season, and agree rules for the transit with the master and the operator in writing. The embarked team then works to the master's authority throughout — a security detail on a vessel supports command, it does not compete with it, and that distinction is briefed to every team before they sail.
Teams are drawn from the Gurkha tradition and from personnel with maritime security experience, and they carry the documentation the role requires: certification, medical fitness, and the licensing that applies in the jurisdictions along the route. Applied Gorkha Solutions holds Government of Nepal operating licence number 1739/081/082, and personnel records are retained so operators, charterers, and P&I clubs can verify who sailed and on what basis.
Insurance and liability are handled as part of the engagement rather than left to the operator. We liaise with P&I clubs and underwriters, provide the documentation they ask for, and file a written post-transit report covering the passage, any incidents, and any recommendations for subsequent voyages.
Embarkation and disembarkation are coordinated to charter schedules, including short-notice transits, and can be arranged at the standard security ports along the major corridors. Send us the route, the vessel particulars, and the intended transit window, and we will confirm what is achievable against the current threat picture.
Key Capabilities
- Anti-piracy armed teams
- BMP4-compliant deployments
- Vessel hardening assessments
- P&I liaison support
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is BMP4 and do you operate to it?
- BMP4 — Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy — is the reference standard the shipping industry, flag states, and marine insurers expect for transits through high-risk waters. It sets out how a vessel should be assessed, hardened, routed, and crewed. All Applied Gorkha Solutions maritime operations are conducted in line with BMP4 and the operator's voyage plan.
- Which transit corridors do you cover?
- The Gulf of Aden, the wider Indian Ocean High Risk Area, and the Gulf of Guinea.
- Who commands an embarked security team?
- The team operates under the master's authority throughout the transit. A security detail on a vessel supports command, it does not compete with it, and that distinction is briefed to every team before they sail.
- What happens before the team embarks?
- We review the voyage plan and cargo profile, assess the threat picture for the intended route and season, and produce a pre-voyage risk assessment. Vessel hardening recommendations follow from that assessment and are issued before embarkation so the crew has time to implement them. Rules for the transit are agreed with the master and operator in writing.
- Do you provide documentation for P&I clubs and underwriters?
- Yes. We liaise with P&I clubs and underwriters, provide the documentation they require, and file a written post-transit report covering the passage, any incidents, and recommendations for subsequent voyages.
- Can you support short-notice transits?
- Embarkation and disembarkation are coordinated to charter schedules, including short-notice transits, and can be arranged at the standard security ports along the major corridors.