COMMERCIAL SHIPPING

When help is hours away, design buys the time.

Hardening, protected spaces and routing awareness that give the crew more time to act.

The threat picture

A vessel may need to manage an approaching threat before outside assistance can arrive. We assess warning, access points, protected spaces and crew procedures as one sequence. The design needs a clear threat assumption and a realistic response time.

Where gaps appear

Hardening, protected spaces and response procedures are sometimes planned separately. Bringing them together helps the crew understand what warning is available, what delay is expected and what to do next.

The layers, applied

Vessel hardening & citadel

A protected space designed for the assessed threat and response time.

Maritime awareness

Detection and assessment of approaching craft.

Intelligence-led routing

Routing and operating posture informed by the threat assessment.

The air layer

Awareness of drones around the vessel.

Where we start

Start with a focused assessment of vessel hardening, protected spaces or awareness along a specific route. Define the scope and operating limits before extending the approach across the fleet.

Related experience

A phased plan to reduce reliance on patrol vessels.

Related maritime design experience.

West Africa · Offshore Energy

Flagship

High: petro-piracy, kidnap-for-ransom, platform incursion

A phased plan to reduce reliance on patrol vessels.

The problem

An offshore operator relied on patrol vessels and disconnected sensors to monitor its waters. The assessment examined gaps in awareness and the existing response arrangements.

The design

We designed a layered architecture combining maritime radar, platform surveillance and access control within one command environment.

The outcome

The deliverable was a costed, phased implementation roadmap. It set out how coverage could be extended and reliance on patrol vessels reduced as stages were commissioned. These were planned improvements, not reported operating results.

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