Antipirate – sea-craft protection system

Nowadays security of large sea-crafts becomes a burning issue. It’s continually reported in the news that Somali pirates have seized another one tanker or a dry-cargo ship. The costs of a vessel or a cargo being transported is so high that a several million dollars ransom has become commonplace. It’s not only the cargo or the vessel owner’s purse at risk but also the health and life of the vessel’s crew.

There’s no effective measure to prevent the seizure of a vessel by pirates – armed security forces can’t be stationed on a civil vessel for legal and other reasons. The convoy of transport ships under military protection is also gravely complicated. But it’s worth paying attention to the fact that some vessels managed to avoid a seizure by pirates, and these cases are consolidated by one common factor – the barbed wire. Barbed wire had been beforehand fixed on the vessels which avoided the seizure by pirates, sometimes an electric current was additionally supplied to it. Such simple measures did not allow the pirates to climb aboard a vessel on its move, and they had to abandon the seizure of a vessel.

It’s a fact that barbed wire saved vessels and their crew from pirates, but the service of a vessel with stationary fixed barbed wire obstacles Egoza is linked to certain difficulties. Barbed wire Egoza hinders the loading, unloading, and daily operation of a vessel; moreover, the barbed wire quickly rusts and wears out being permanently exposed to the effect of salt water and damp air.

The system of sea-craft protection Antipirate is specially designed for operation onboard a vessel. Unlike the handicraft barbed wire obstacles, the Antipirate system is set into operation condition only if there’s a threat of seizure of a vessel, and it does not take much space in transport position, being stowed in rows of flat encased coils, located along the inner side of the vessel’s board. When there is a threat of seizure by pirates, the system Antipirate is set into operation condition in some minutes by means of special stretching devices, forming a continuous security barrier along the outer side of a vessel’s board.

Owing to a well though-out structure, the system Antipirate does not hinder the daily maintenance of a vessel, and at the same time protects it from the attempts of seizure by pirates reliably. And if stored encased the barbed wire service life may be extended over a dozen times even in conditions of the marine climate. And moreover, the cost of equipping of a vessel with the system Antipirate can barely be compared even with a minimum ransom usually claimed by pirates.

❓ Does the Anti-Pirate system give a 100% guarantee of protection against pirates?

✅ No, no one can give a 100% guarantee, but the Anti-Pirate system significantly reduces the likelihood of a ship being hijacked by pirates.