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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch
What'll happen now though - taken to where and done what with?
My brother-in-law-in-law (long story) is Chief on a LNG tanker (266k tons    - los) , he says they only have razor wire and water cannons, and a huge wad of cash to deter pirates. He's regularly up and down that coastline but nothing eventful yet, fingers crossed. He says that some vessels owned by other companies do embark armed persons before travelling that way, but not many - the wad of cash is probably easier, and cheaper!  |
Bad idea IMHO, they can take the money, send it off with Jabbar on the rubber dinghy back to Oogieboogiejabad in Somalia, then still ransom the crew... Not wishing this on your Brother, that would be terrible, just saying.
Current international laws prohibit (from my understanding) the arming of merchant vessels. The pirates know this.
As long as this is so, the worlds navies will need to patrol for this. A crackdown is in order.