HSS Security

The Security committee ensures Members are effectively informed on threats to maritime security and crew safety concerns through monitoring and reacting to geopolitical events, activism, piracy, and criminality. Its primary purpose is to keep Members informed of the latest recommendations through IMCA communication channels.

Its primary purpose is to keep Members informed of the latest recommendations through IMCA communication channels.

Committee members include vessel operators, who may be sending assets and crews into areas of the world where there are threats to offshore activity. Through the Secretariat, it liaises with a range of maritime and industry stakeholders and sits on the Joint Industry Security Group (JISG).

Committee Members

Nicolas Krmic

Subsea7

Committee Chair

Rolinda van Zanten

Van Oord Support Services B.V.

Committee Vice-Chair

Luke Horsfall

DeepOcean AS

Committee Member

Pieter Matthee

Heerema Marine Contractors

Committee Member

Russell Pegg

Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)

Committee Member

Bernard Rouault

Saipem

Committee Member

Gaelle Serquin Peyraud

SBM Offshore NV

Committee Member

Dag Efraim Snemyr

Sea1 Offshore Inc.

Committee Member

Bjorn H Holstad

Solstad Shipping AS

Committee Member

Ryan Hutton

TechnipFMC

Committee Member

Nick Hough

IMCA

IMCA Secretariat Lead

Mark Holmes

IMCA

IMCA Secretariat Representative

Security in the Technical Library

Latest related Information Notes:

Industry releases Strait of Hormuz navigational guidance

Leading marine industry organisations have worked together to produce latest guidance aimed at assisting ships in transiting the Strait of Hormuz

Marine industry security threat overview – update

The Maritime Industry Security Threat Overview (MISTO) has been updated by the Joint Industry Security Group (JISG)

Maritime security update – August 2025

IMCA through its observer status at the IMO is able to gain further access to up-to-date information about regulatory and other developments that pertain to maritime security.