Maritime security company AdvanFort has added a new ocean platform, the SG Arizona, to complete its pre-deployed offshore support vessel (OSV) network in the piracy High Risk Area (HRA) in and around the Gulf of Aden.
The OSV fleet, part of the company's Seaman Guard subsidiary and composed of long-endurance vessels, has created the AdvanFort Secure Corridor positioned strategically on the commercial shipping lanes in and about pirate-infested waters in the Red Sea, the Somali Basin, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean. The OSVs enable ships to stop along the route to pick up and drop off armed security teams in thirty minutes or less.
Armed Security Surface Escort
Seaman Guard’s Arizona (formerly the Alex Challenger), with an endurance of 45 days at full capacity, is the most recent acquisition. The Arizona joins the company's other pre-deployed vessels – the SG Ohio, the SG Texas, the SG Alaska, and the SG Virginia – in providing an armed security surface escort.
Picture: AdvanFort provides private armed security teams to protect ships, their crew and cargo in areas threatened by piracy
