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Jimbuna · 02-15-12, 05:43 PM

The convoy system is definitely the best way forward IMHO but IIRC the companies of the merchantmen would then be required to pay for the escorts and that is a price they are unwilling to meet.

The only way that would happen would be if the insurers made it a requirement.

The next stage will probably be armed personnel aboard the merchantmen...a step I suspect that has already been taken by some shipping companies but not been made public for docking permissions in some ports etc.

02-15-12, 05:43 PM	#22
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,712 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The convoy system is definitely the best way forward IMHO but IIRC the companies of the merchantmen would then be required to pay for the escorts and that is a price they are unwilling to meet. The only way that would happen would be if the insurers made it a requirement. The next stage will probably be armed personnel aboard the merchantmen...a step I suspect that has already been taken by some shipping companies but not been made public for docking permissions in some ports etc. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!