Latest Coast Guard counter-piracy directive describes a broader area of threats

By: Jacob Goodwin

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that it updated its counter-piracy Directive 104-6 for the fifth time on Dec. 30, 2011 and that this latest version “provides a revised and updated list of designated high risk waters and areas,” says a Coast Guard notice posted in the Federal Register on Jan. 30.
The five earlier versions of the same Coast Guard directive provided counter-piracy guidance to operators of U.S.-flagged vessels operating

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