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An Industry Perspective on the Mine and Maritime IED Threat Captain Gordan E. Van Hook. USN Maersk Line, Limited 11 May 2011.

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1 An Industry Perspective on the Mine and Maritime IED Threat Captain Gordan E. Van Hook. USN Maersk Line, Limited 11 May 2011

2 2 USS WALKE (DD-723) Wonson 1951

3 3 USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) Arabian Gulf 1988

4 4 Maritime Trade: The Global Conveyor Belts

5 5 “Final Assembled” in the USA

6 6 Growth Story: Containerized Grain Exports from the US

7 7 The 2009 “Ghost Fleet” laid up at anchor off Singapore

8 8 Re-Routing Trade in a Robust and Flexible System – a bit more costly, but certainly not impossible

9 9 Cyber Trade Lanes: A Real Vulnerability

10 10 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ [W]e simply cannot, as a nation, fight the fight without the partnership of the commercial maritime industry. General John W. Handy, USAF U.S. TRANSCOM former Commander Without the U.S. flag commercial fleet the U.S. would be unable to deploy and sustain its military forces on a global basis.

11 11 A.P. Moller – Maersk is a global corporation in the shipping and energy industry with over 1300 Ships Comprehensive coverage of the world’s need for cargo, oil and gas transport, terminal services and on-land logistics Energy-related business units include drilling and platform service companies, as well as one of the world’s leading independent oil and gas firms

12 12 U.S. Flag Ro/Ro Ships 4 US Flagged commercial and government ships owned, or maintained and operated by MLL U.S. Flag Transportation Services Special Missions Ships* 7 Ship Management and Chartering Maritime Technical Services * Government-owned vessels † Under MLL management U.S. Flag Container Ships 24 Ammunition Ships 2 U.S. Flag Tankers 3 33 Army Watercraft* † U.S. Flag Multi- Purpose Ship 1

13 13 MLL Liner “Strings” to support USG operations globally

14 14 MSP Ships Other U.S. Flag Ships APL910 American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier81 Central Gulf / Waterman60 Hapag-Lloyd50 Intermarine21 Liberty12 Maersk Line, Limited272 OSG20 Total6016 MSP participant companies provide for a fleet of 60 military -useful vessels

15 15 OIF and OEF sealift rely on commercial U.S. flag carriers in MSP The U.S. military benefited from the flexibility and global reach of commercial ocean carriers to greater extent than in past contingencies Sealift of OEF/OIF Cargoes 2002-2008 U.S. Flag Commercial Government Foreign Flag Carriers in the Maritime Security Program (MSP) VISA and Other U.S. Flag Charters 57% 40% 90% 10% 3% Total: 44.6 million measurement tons

16 16 Approaches to Port Qassim, Pakistan

17 17 Northern Distribution Network

18 18 Commercial Responsibilities for Maritime Security Accurate risk assessment Current Vessel Security Plans Share Best Practices Support efforts toward Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Information sharing with government maritime security forces Seek out opportunities for public/private partnerships (“Maritime Security Consortiums”) Exercise contingencies and understand responsibilities Beware of asymmetric threats … but seek asymmetric opportunities

19 19 Questions & Answers


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