Montag, 5. Dezember 2011

Combating piracy: Shipping to become costlier

T. E. RAJASIMHAN


A robust response is required to deter the pirates. But we must also take the soft supportive action in south central Somalia for people living there.

 
Attacks by pirates on cargo ships off the Somalia coast in 2011 accounted for 56 per cent of such attacks globally. In the first nine months of 2011, there were 199 attacks off the coasts of Somalia, targeting 24 vessels, in which 400 crew were taken hostage, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy

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