Consolidated Best Management Practices for Maritime Security (BMP MS) and Maritime Industry Security Threat Overview (MISTO)

Members are advised that industry associations BIMCO, ICS, IMCA, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, and OCIMF, supported by over forty maritime stakeholders, have recently released a consolidated and enhanced publication: Best Management Practices for Maritime Security (BMP MS).

The BMP MS consolidates previously published regional publications into a single, comprehensive publication with actionable insights and advice. It focuses on providing a threat and risk management process and, recognising the dynamic nature of regional security situations, provides signposts to direct users to the most-up-date security intelligence and risk assessment information.

All previous versions (BMP5, BMP West Africa and Global Counter Piracy Guidance) are recommended to be removed from ships’ libraries and management systems, and replaced with this consolidated version.

Intended to be used in conjunction with the BMP MS, the industry associations have also developed a Maritime Industry Security Threat Overview (MISTO) that aims to provide an overall understanding of the prevailing security threats and supports the threat assessment process detailed within BMP MS. The MISTO is intended to be updated every 3-6 months.

A copy of the BMP MS and MISTO are attached for member’s reference. These are also available to download at: https://www.maritimeglobalsecurity.org/.