Another pirate attack and this one is bad

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by August

I was under the impression there were issues with armed merchant ships getting docking rights. That has been resolved?

I do not think that it has there are a few PMCs that provide the service but the problem is the sea of legal issues(no pun intended) that arise dealing with the laws of the nations of various ports.Another problem is numbers I am not sure about other regions but pirates in the South China Sea and other south east asian waters have been known to pull raids with as many as 100 people that is really too large of a force for a handful of mercs to deal with and what of a tanker vessel not really an ideal place for firearms at the same time the PMCs can be costly to all but the largest shipping companies.I think arming the crews is a bad idea the crewmen are sailors not fighters they are just as likely to take their chances in a good hiding place as they are to fight back plenty of good hiding places on a large vessel.