Capt. Simon Rapley, Michael Robertson & Ilka Beck Stowaways and Refugees Stowaways What is a stowaway? ▪IMO FAL Convention 1965, (Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic) as amended: ▪A person who is secreted on a ship, or in cargo which is subsequently loaded on the ship, without the consent of the shipowner or the Master or any other responsible person and who is detected on board the ship after it has departed from a port, or in the cargo while unloading it in the port of arrival, and is reported as a stowaway by the master to the appropriate authorities". Stowaways Figures –International Group (IG) P&I Clubs ▪Analysis carried out every four years ▪P&I Club incident figures are significantly higher than the IMO’s ▪Claims total down from USD 14.3 million, to 9.5 million ▪Significant reduction in some ports in West Africa IG P&I Club Summary Data 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 2007201120142017 Number of IncidentsNumber of Stowaways IG P&I Club Number of Stowaways by Nationality IG P&I Club Number of Stowaways Incidents by Port Top 10 ports of embarkation Lagos, Nigeria Durban, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Abidjan, Ivory Coast Douala, Cameroon Dakar, Senegal Casablanca, Morocco Tema, Ghana Takoradi, Ghana Mombasa, Kenya Bilbao, Spain