Somali Pirates
Agreed that Port blockades will not work,as the smaller boats can be launched through the surf and the "mother ships" thereby serviced.Ports?There are Ports with cranes and things there?Could have fooled me.
There was some waffle from somewhere about the only way to fix this is to fix it from shoreward,outward and not from the sea.But it is clear,as written in one post,that the Russians,Chinese and Koreans seem to have little trouble with Piracy at Sea,possibly because they take no prisoners?
Every one talks about Law this and Law that and not being able to use Q Ships because of this and that Regulation,but surely one should consider fighting fire with fire?The UN seem to be powerless for some reason or another,and it seems that Ship-Owners are scared of having Teams onboard to repel boarders?
So where onwards....?A small nasty dusty lawless country holding the World to financial Ransom ?
And what of the guys that own and run the Suez who make billions out of that operation?Would one not have thought that they may be interested in keeping their custom rather than sending all the sheep around the Cape of Good Hope?
C`mon fellas----its time to think about this very carefully;Lethargy seems to be keeping the Pirates in business and they will continue in business as they are no longer News on CNN and BBC.......we will just accept the increased cost of shipping and in lives and push the problem under the bed----how weak and pathetic we have become...