anti piracy maritime security solutions type anti piracy private security industry maritime founded 2008 headquarters poole dorset england area served maritime security patrol area in the gulf of aden key people nick davis products security website apmss.co.uk anti piracy maritime security solutions apmss of poole dorset england is a british company established in 2008 . its director is nick davis a former british army pilot . 1 the company s goal is to provide for the safety and security of merchant ships as they make passage through the maritime security patrol area mspa in the gulf of aden . the security team commonly includes a team leader and two other guards . the team members have prior experience in a variety of organisations including royal navy british army and british police . citation needed the company s interim deck watch team provides non lethal ship security through known high risk piracy areas using necessary equipment including long range acoustic device lrad . apmss provides early warning of a potential pirate attack . 2 as of november 2008 apmss has ten teams aboard ships in the mspa region . 3 teams cost 14 000 for three days . 4 notable incidents edit on 14 november 2008 an apmss team on an unidentified chemical tanker dealt with its first attack . the pirates were successfully deterred from boarding the ship . 1 two weeks later on 28 november 2008 the chemical tanker mv biscaglia was attacked by somali pirates . according to apmss the security team fired water cannon at the pirates zigzagged the vessel and used the lrad long enough for a distress signal to be made by the biscaglia s captain ; however after fending off three or four attacks the pirates overcame the measures boarded the ship and continued to shoot at the security guards leaving the security team no choice but to abandon the vessel . the team hid on the roof until a rescue helicopter came near then jumped into the water for rescue by coalition forces . while in the water the pirates fired on the security force and tried to run them over with the ship . apmss was criticized for leaving the 27 person crew on the boat they were protecting but the company defending their actions as necessary given the circumstances . 4 5 the incident caused the usefulness of lrads to be called into question by lloyd s list . 6 references edit a b osler david november 14 2008 . private guards ward off somali pirate attack . lloydslist.com . archived from the original on 1 december 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 01 . dead link apmss client profile . apmss.co.uk . archived from the original on 24 october 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 01 . baldwin jessica november 30 2008 . security firms to combat pirates . aljazeera.net . archived from the original on 1 december 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 01 . a b martin fletcher british and irish anti piracy experts rescued after pirates attack the times 29 november 2008 accessed 1 december 2008 . houreld katharine 28 november 2008 . somali pirates hijack ship british guards escape . archived from the original on 1 december 2008 . retrieved 2008 11 28 . david osler sonic solution may not be a sound investment lloyd s list 2 december 2008 . external links edit photo nick davis retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anti piracy maritime security solutions & oldid 742414781 categories companies established in 2008security companiesbusiness services companies of the united kingdomsecurity consulting firmspiracy in somaliapiracy in the united kingdom2008 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 15 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view