World Sea Piracy Keeps Panic Room Company Busy

In its global piracy report unveiled in January, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that whilst the total number of recorded incidents of piracy and armed robbery has dropped from 445 in 2010 to 439 in 2011, attacks against ships in east and West Africa are a rising trend. The Panic Room Company is feeling the effects.

Steve Brook, Business Development Director for the Panic Room Company, explains, “When the Panic Room Company was established, we initially identified various land-based needs and hadn’t expected this considerable interest from the shipping industry. Our unique portable product has immense appeal as it is quickly installed with no welding and minimal need for specialist equipment or training, offers ballistic and blast protection and can keep a crew of between two and 24 people safe for up to five days with ship to shore communication. An independent power supply, air filtration, the ability to activate a smoke screen and basic survival essentials from fresh water to toilets can also be provided. With leisure boats now under threat alongside container ships the consequences of not having a Panic Room onboard do not bear thinking about.”

Of the 439 pirate attacks in 2011 a huge 275, well over 60%, took place off Somalia on the east coast of Africa and the Gulf of Guinea on the west. 802 crew members were taken hostage last year, slightly down on the 1,181 in 2010, but sadly the same number were killed in both years at eight fatalities apiece. Somalia remains the area at most threat.

Steve continues, “International naval forces are working tirelessly to either pre-empt or disrupt pirate activity yet cannot thwart them all. With the average length of captivity for ships attacked by Somali pirates being six months, many of them very violent encounters, investment in a Panic Room makes both economic and humanistic sense as crews have a chance to raise the alarm in safety. Shipping is certainly an industry that is keeping us unexpectedly busy.”

LATEST NEWS – The Panic Room Company has reached the final in the category - Personal Protection and Equipment – for the Counter Terror and Specialist Security Awards (CTSS) with overall winners revealed in March.

Contact the Panic Room Company on phone UK: 08000 467 232, Intl: +44 (0) 1709 385077, email info@thepanicroomcompany.com or visit www.thepanicroomcompany.com.

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About the Panic Room Company - Produced in consultation with senior military experts and police, the Panic Room is a safe, sustainable refuge as a last point of defence and can be specified to withstand mechanical attacks, shotgun fire and more powerful weapon attacks. Each unit can be connected to complementary devices such as a simple ‘panic button’, iPad-2 technology using ISDN or 3G to contact external help or a bespoke computer system able to drive smoke screens or security cameras. The unit can be disguised to unobtrusively blend in with any environment and, although the time spent within is likely to be minimal, the Panic Room is comfortable and sustainable with external ventilation and air filtration, breathing equipment, lighting, back-up power supplies, fresh water and basic toilets all part of the concept.

For further information please contact
UK: 08000 467 232
International: +44 (0) 1709 385077

Location
The Panic Room Company Ltd, Hope Street, Rotherham S60 1LH

Contact: Steve Brook
info@thepanicroomcompany.com
sales@thepanicroomcompany.com
www.thepanicroomcompany.com

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