Links

These links are related to the ProMerc project:

	iPatch project – Technology to Protect Against Maritime Piracy IPATCH will provide technology to protect ships and their crews from the modern-day scourge of piracy which is proliferating throughout the world, bringing severe human, financial and political costs, as well as affecting international seaborne trade. Read more about the collaboration with PROMERC. Website: www.ipatchproject.eu

	Ocean Beyond Piracy An Interactive Guide to International Efforts to Address Piracy in the Indian Ocean Region Website

	ICC Commercial Crime Service ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) is the anti-crime arm of the International Chamber of Commerce. Based in London, CCS is a membership organisation tasked with combating all forms of commercial crime. The specialist divisions that comprise CCS offer a range of services dedicated to meeting the individual needs of the members. Together, they tackle all types of commercial crime; fraud in international trade, insurance fraud, financial instrument fraud, money laundering, shipping fraud and product counterfeiting. Website

	PERSEUS project – Protecting European seas and borders through the intelligent use of surveillance PERSEUS is an FP7 demonstration project supported by the FP7 Security Research theme under DG-Enterprise. Its purpose is to build and demonstrate an EU maritime surveillance system integrating existing national and communitarian installations and enhancing them with innovative technologies. Website

	NATO Shipping Centre NATO’s point of contact with the Maritime Community Website

	UN Atlas of the Ocean Acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships are of tremendous concern to IMO and to shipping in general. The fight to prevent and suppress these acts is linked to the measures to improve security on ships and in port facilities, adopted in December 2002. Website

	Maritime Security Centre The Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa (MSCHOA) aims to provide a service to mariners in the Gulf of Aden, the Somali Basin and off the Horn of Africa Website

	Maritime Security & Piracy Website


Previous research projects
	NAVTRONIC FP7 Website

	SECTRONIC FP7 Website

	VESCOSUR Website