Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary
Piracy, Maritime Security and Armed Protection glossary (page 2)
The piracy and armed-protection vocabulary: the BMP hardening routine, acoustic hailing devices, active citadels, AIS gaps and spoofing in sanctions evasion, and the armed-guard and high-risk-area terms. Grounds each term in the Best Management Practices and the security operation it belongs to, the operational counterpart to the geopolitics section.
264 defined terms.
Showing 14 on this page (page 2 of 2).
W
- Weapons Disembarkation
- Offloading of PCASP firearms following transit, generally to a floating armoury.
- Weapons Embarkation
- Boarding of PCASP firearms via floating armoury or approved port.
- Weapons License
- Flag state authorization for specified firearms and ammunition aboard a named vessel.
- Weapons Storage
- Secure, restricted access stowage on board, normally under joint key control between master and team leader.
- West Africa Maritime Security Trust Fund
- IMO administered fund supporting Yaounde Code of Conduct implementation.
- Whaler
- Larger pirate craft used as a mothership in the early Somali era.
X
- X-Band Radar Tracking
- Use of high resolution radar to detect small skiffs at extended range.
Y
- Yaounde Architecture
- Multi-tier maritime coordination structure with the Interregional Coordination Centre in Yaounde and zonal centers including CRESMAC and CRESMAO.
- Yaounde Code of Conduct
- 2013 instrument signed by 25 West and Central African states establishing the Yaounde Architecture for maritime security.
Z
- Zonal Maritime Operations Centre
- Sub-regional facility under the Yaounde Architecture coordinating Gulf of Guinea security operations.
- Zone D
- Yaounde Architecture maritime zone covering Nigerian and Beninese waters under CRESMAO oversight.
- Zone E
- Yaounde Architecture maritime zone covering Cameroonian and Equatoguinean waters under CRESMAC oversight.
- Zone F
- Yaounde Architecture maritime zone covering Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, and Congo waters.
- Zone G
- Yaounde Architecture maritime zone covering Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo waters.