Captain Phillips movie rehearsal

Samir Abomohor
Daniel Gonzalez
Miguel Rosado

Teacher
Melina Diaz

Autonomous University of the Caribbean

Faculty of economic and accounting
administrative sciences
Maritime administration
Sixth semester
Barranquilla
2018
To begin During the film we are first told how important organization is, in this case
giving more emphasis to the organization of a team of people. By default, it shows
us the problems of having poor organization, from confusing it with submission to
insubordination due to lack of organization and discipline.

In the case of Captain Philips, leader of the Maersk Alabama ship. It shows us the
organization in a new work team and all the complications that come with creating
a strategy to be able to work in an organized way, especially when you start with a
new team of people to work together for an objective. He lets us see the way in
which he must take responsibility so that the crew fulfills their tasks and pays
attention to his instructions, giving us an example of experience in organizing a
team. Making sure that from the moment they leave the port the crew understands
that they are a unit and that they must fulfill the objective of delivering the ship's
cargo.

Answering the aforementioned question, ACCORDING TO THE PLACE OF

FACTS, IS IT PIRACY OR NOT?
Taking into account the script of the film, it is not considered piracy because
the captain of the USS Bainbridge, using the information provided by Admiral
Howard and using positioning equipment, calculates that the ship was hijacked
128 nautical miles from the coast of Somalia, within the exclusive economic
zone of Somalia.

But newspaper reports about the real incident report that the Maersk Alabama was
hijacked 240 nautical miles off the Somali coast, international waters, for what is
considered piracy. (Los Angeles Times, 2009)
MAERSK ALABAMA ROUTE
In the film, before setting sail, the first officer describes to Captain Phillips the route
the ship will follow, which can be seen below:

Crew members of the Maersk Alabama say Captain Phillips ignored warnings from
maritime authorities to sail at least 680 nautical miles off the Somali coast due to the
presence of pirates and recent attacks. (Daily Mail UK, 2013)

Graphic representation of the route followed by the Maersk Alabama (CNN, 2013)

Captain Phillips complied with some of the good practice recommendations, such
as: reporting the incident to the UKMTO (United Kingdom Marine Trade
Operations, also to the US Maritime Emergency Line, reuniting crew not involved in
anti-piracy operations in a safe place, in this case in the engine room, carry out
maneuvers to make the pirates' actions difficult, since he gave orders to increase
the ship's wake, which stopped the pirates in the first attempt to take the ship, He
also activated the pressure hoses.
But I also fail some recommendations such as
The use of flares as weapons, not sailing in a group, in this last case the shipping
company is partly responsible, and taking into account the testimony of the crew
members, it ignored the recommendation to sail at least 680 miles from the Somali
coast.
In the intervention of the actors in the fight against piracy. In the first kidnapping
attempt, the intervention of the UKMTO was not adequate, since believing that the
skiffs that were chasing the Alabama were fishermen, it only recommended to the
Captain that he activate the pressure hoses and follow the closing procedure.
When the ship is taken by the pirates, the CTF-151 assigns the USS BainBridge to
the case, but its actions are insufficient, it only pursues and tries to convince the
pirates to surrender, since an admiral, representing the government of The US
warns him that he must resolve this situation peacefully and before the SEAL team
arrives in the area. This position of the American government was not the most
appropriate since it limited the range of action of the USS BainBridge. The SEAL
team assigned to the mission, which arrives with the frigates USS Boxer and USS
Halyburton, takes charge of the mission, since the USS BainBridge could not
resolve it before its arrival, and authorized by the American government, rescues
the Captain Phillips, deceiving and capturing the leader of the pirates and
murdering the remaining three.
Due to the socioeconomic problem Somalia is a federal state, but it is considered a
“failed state”; That is, a state that has not been able to guarantee basic services
(for example, Health, which currently, although focused on the private sector, is
being rebuilt in the public sector), and that is not capable of fully controlling the
regions that make up its state. country. The latter shows us one of the reasons why
Somalia is the main country where piracy is committed.

Piracy, which is maritime plunder, has always predominated in the Indian zone, in
the, so to speak, “Third World” countries, especially in the Horn of Africa and the
Strait of Malacca. It began during this country's civil war during the 90s, and has
been increasing since then. Currently, the people Somalis most commonly attack
are tourists, thus taking technological objects and objects of great computer value.
But they also kidnap people, such as journalists (or tourists), and these serve to
request a reward from their country of origin for the return of people alive or to
request a change in the political and economic organization. …etc.

Piracy in the Horn of Africa is partly due to the current socio-economic context,
since several African countries, such as Somalia, are in civil wars that cause state
instability, cause poverty and weaken trade and industry. Industrial fishing also
contributes to this problem, since large fishing boats take away almost all the fish
in the area, affecting local fishermen. Given the lack of opportunities, these people
turn to piracy as an economic support, but they work in criminal organizations
whose leaders take most of the profits.

BLOOPERS OR TECHNICAL ERRORS IN THE FILM. TECHNICAL CONCEPTS

USED
 When the captain of the USS Bainbridge uses the expression (captain left
rudder full, change course to 285) he is making a mistake when using
maritime language since to move to the left the expression port must be
used.
 The captain sets sail from the port of Salalah without assistance from
tugboats or a practical pilot.
 In a night shot you can see “Alexander Maersk” on one of the sides of the
ship, since the film was filmed on this ship. (Imdb.com, 2013)
 After the pirates' skiff's engine burns out, we see the ship in the background.
The boat should be moving, but it is not producing wake, so it is stopped.
(Imdb.com, 2013)
 When the pirates are trying to take the Maersk Alabama, the captain orders
difficult maneuvers left and right. A shot of the rear turning propellers
appears on screen. When the captain orders turn right, you see the ship turn
right on the screen from a top-down perspective. A ship that uses its rear
propellers to go to the right will move to the left, moving even closer to the
pirate ship instead of away from it. The same error occurs when you order
turn left (Imdb.com, 2013)
 In the scene where Captain Phillips tells the members of the Navy that he is
in seat 15, a naval officer writes the words "SEAT 15" below "Captain
Phillips" on the blackboard. In another scene, the words "SEAT 15" are to
the right of "CAPT PHILLIPS". (Movie Mistakes, 2013)
 The lifeboats are equipped with food and water for a week or more for each
crew member on board. However, after only 2 days, all 4 passengers are
out of supplies and the supply box located at the bottom appears to have
never been opened. (Imdb.com, 2013)
 When the negotiator orders the tow to stop, the last pirate remaining in the
gun light is standing at the front of the lifeboat and the boat is also towed
from the front, when the tow stops, it is observed the pirate towards the back
of the boat, towards the windows. This is incorrect since by stopping the
trailer, the pirate should have been pushed forward, not backwards.
(Imdb.com, 2013)

Webgraphy
 Los Angeles Times. (04/09/2009). Retrieved from LA Times:
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/09/world/fg-somali-pirates9

 CNN. (2013). Obtenido de CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/

 Daily Mail UK. (1 de 10 de 2013). Obtenido de Mail Online :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2439561/Captain-Phillips-lawsuit-
says-risked-Maersk-Alabama-crews-lives.html

 Imdb.com. (2013). Obtenido de Internet Movie Data Base:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/goofs

 Los Angeles Times. (09 de 04 de 2009). Somalia pirates hold U.S. captain.
Obtenido de LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/09/world/fg-
somali-pirates9

 Movie Mistakes. (2013). Obtenido de Movie Mistakes:

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film9959