[Stealhead]

I do believe that there are already some PMCs already working for various shipping companies.The issue is that international maritime laws are very strict about the carrying of weapons by ships that are not acting as vessels of a nations naval forces they must be naval forces not contractors.So the PMCs have rather limited options they can only use less than lethal means to discourage the pirates.If Blackwater has it own vessels they are going to limited in what the can do.

I rather doubt that modern nations would have the desire to use the old time system that was used back then.And in effect those guys where not being employed to protect ships from pirates they themselves where being allowed to commit piracy against certain other nations merchant vessels they where legalized at least by the employing nation.