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please correct me if I am wrong but is it not an international maritime offence to carry weaponry through national shipping jurisdictions?
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It isn't an offence , its just that each area of territorial waters has different firearm laws that go with their country , so you noy only have to comply with all the different laws in the ports you are stopping at you also have to comply with those of all the territorial waters you pass through . So a ship on a standard voyage might have to follow dozen different sets of laws and get a dozen different sets of paperwork if it wants to carry weapons .
Its OK if you are off on a cruise in your own boat and you have the time for all the papework or if you are on a regular commercial A-B run , but for most commercial traffic it just gets too complicated .