Rights of Passage - Threats to Shipping in the Middle East
The Expanding Role of Private Security
Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, Strategic Advisor, Risk Intelligence, gave a presentation on the role of private security in securing shipping in the Middle East at the conference "Rights of Passage - Threats to Shipping in the Middle East" organised by Helen Davies Associates in London 21 June 2012. Sir James Burnell-Nugent shared the platform with Nick Harvey MP, UK Minister for the Armed Forces, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, former British Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, and other distinguished speakers. The conference expressed continuing concerns about the use of armed guards for maritime security and discussed whether the current counter-piracy security arrangements would be fit for other forms of maritime risk.