Shipping companies are placing armed guards on board their vessels to act as a deterrent to pirates. But this may not be a permanent solution.
September 25, 2011:
Carriers with Indian flags will now be allowed to deploy armed guards against pirates, the Shipping Ministry has decreed, following repeated appeals by the Indian National Shipowners' Association.
The Ministry has taken the decision after noting that about 35 per cent of merchant ships transiting through pirate-infested
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