Containing Piracy at the Horn of Africa: Effectiveness of Naval and Shipping Counter-Piracy Measures

The Hiob Ludolf Centre at The Afrika Institut of the University of Hamburg organised a conference on "Piracy Off Somalia: Origins, Current Dynamics and Global Ramifications" 13 July 2011. Director of Consultancy Dirk Steffen gave a presentation about the impact that naval measures and merchant marine self-protection measures have on preventing hijackings; what works well and what does not and the prospects for defending against Somali piracy at sea. At the same event Associate Senior Analyst Dr. Stig Jarle Hansen also gave a presentation.