Piracy off the coast of Somalia

Services

Storage of firearms on vessel-based armouries

Form which vessel-based armoury (VBA) operators must complete to store firearms on a VBA in the high-risk area of the Indian Ocean.
Applying for maritime anti-piracy certificates

Form to apply for export licence certification through Export Control Joint Unit's (ECJU) commercial physical documentation service.
Armouries and third party access to controlled goods

Use this form to request approval for new third parties to be added to your open general trade control maritime anti-piracy licence (OGTCL MA-P) approval letter.
Supplying weapons lists and serial numbers to ECJU

Form for listing all weapons and their serial numbers in the possession of a private maritime security company (PMSC).

Operating vessel-based armouries
- Detailed guide
- 18 July 2024
- Export Control Joint Unit, Closed organisation: Department for International Trade, and Department for Business and Trade
Licensing for private maritime security companies
- Detailed guide
- 25 July 2022
- Export Control Joint Unit, Closed organisation: Department for International Trade, and Department for Business and Trade
Open general trade control licence (maritime anti-piracy)
- Guidance
- 19 January 2024
- Export Control Joint Unit, Closed organisation: Department for International Trade, and Department for Business and Trade
Updating or surrendering a maritime anti-piracy licence
- Detailed guide
- 25 July 2022
- Export Control Joint Unit, Closed organisation: Department for International Trade, and Department for Business and Trade
Supplying documentation in support of a maritime anti-piracy licence registration
- Detailed guide
- 25 July 2022
- Export Control Joint Unit, Closed organisation: Department for International Trade, and Department for Business and Trade

2010 to 2015 government policy: piracy off the coast of Somalia
- 8 May 2015
- Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence
- Policy paper