04 · Procedures
SOPs & Rules on Use of Force
The S.L. 480.05 Schedule requires that the Licensing Board can review a company's Standard Operating Procedures. Ours are written, issued, version-controlled, trained against, and reviewed on a rolling cycle.
Schedule Reference · Standard Operating Procedures
Region
Indian Ocean Region SOP
SM/OPS/SOP/001 · Main SOP with annexes A–H integrated covering deployment, embarkation, transit, citadel, armoury, weapons handling, counter-piracy and disembarkation.
VPSHR-integrated · Single merged document
Region
West Africa / Gulf of Guinea SOP
SM/OPS/SOP/002 · Security Escort Vessel operations procedure. Reflects Nigerian Navy MOU and WAF operating environment.
VPSHR-integrated
Governance
Rules on the Use of Force
SM/OPS/PRO/001 · Group RUF written from VPSHR, ICoCA and the Montreux Document. The principal governance instrument for every armed deployment.
Group governance · VPSHR-anchored
Specialist Procedures
Specialist Operating Procedures
Test firing and weapons readiness procedures — governing every scenario where firearms may be made ready or test-fired prior to operational use.
SM/OPS/PRO/002
Position statement
On the Rules on the Use of Force
Seagull Maritime's Rules on the Use of Force (SM/OPS/PRO/001) is a group-authored procedure, not a derivative of any legacy industry model. It is built on the Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights, the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoCA), and the Montreux Document. It is the principal governance instrument for every armed deployment, supported by RUF training for every PCASP, and reinforced by pre-deployment briefings, signed Statements of Understanding, and post-incident reporting discipline.
Release of operational documents. SOPs and the RUF are operationally sensitive and are not distributed beyond client and authorised regulator channels. Where the Licensing Board wishes to review a particular SOP, procedure, or annex, we will provide read-only access or a hard copy under the usual confidentiality terms — promptly and without gatekeeping.
