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Dangerousdave26 said:
If the shipping companies are going to continue to use these routes they are going to have to arm there boats and prepare to fight back or they will continue to lose.
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Exactly right, there will never be enough Navy ships (ours or somebody else's) on patrol to protect everybody. Either contract security teams or form self-defense forces within the crews. Contract people would probably work better.
 
I bet they think twice about grabbing a US flagged ship though. French too for that matter.
 
Oof... I think we are going to see the Mog purdy soon.

Those pirates are out of their gords.... now they have the world's attention.
 
YARR, the pirates be outta control. Methinks they've had to much rum, or maybe they're angry because a crocodile with a clock in it stole their captain's hand.

It's time to lay it down on these fools. And by that, I mean that you should be able to protect yourself in international waters anyway you need too. Back in '05, we were almost tasked with smoking them from the air out of Diego Garcia. Those that weren't privy to the problem at the time looked very confused when our Colonel said we might be going after pirates in the Indian Ocean.
 
This sort of pirate stuff seems to me to be a policing job for the UN or some such international force (so many nationalities involved), can't understand why they won't/can't step in here.
As for the pirates, as the old saying goes "If you play with fire......"
 
tigisfat said:
YARR, the pirates be outta control. Methinks they've had to much rum, or maybe they're angry because a crocodile with a clock in it stole their captain's hand.
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classic! :costumes::applause:



demorier said:
This sort of pirate stuff seems to me to be a policing job for the UN or some such international force (so many nationalities involved), can't understand why they won't/can't step in here.
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it's because the u.n. is completely useless.
 
Dangerousdave26 said:
If the shipping companies are going to continue to use these routes they are going to have to arm there boats and prepare to fight back or they will continue to lose.
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'Arming' the crews is not an option.
Under 'International Law' an unarmed vessel has 'Free Right of Passage'.
An armed vessel would find many ports closed to it, serious political and legal problems when passing through 'Territorial Waters' and a NO Insurance Broker would look at them.
The most practical solution is to do what so many sensible shipping operators do now, sail via the protected sea lanes that are patrolled by the various NATO (and others) forces that police them.
Most of the vessels taken by the so-called 'Pirates' have been sailing outside the 'safe' zones as a cost-cutting exercise.
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i believe you are correct concerning 'armed' merchant ships (ships with guns mounted on them)...however i don't think that applies to having 'armed' security personnel aboard the ship..as long as they stay on the ship while its in port.

or i should say i don't believe there is a universal maritime anti-armed guard law....if that makes any sense..
 
redriver6 said:
i believe you are correct concerning 'armed' merchant ships (ships with guns mounted on them)...however i don't think that applies to having 'armed' security personnel aboard the ship..as long as they stay on the ship while its in port.

or i should say i don't believe there is a universal maritime anti-armed guard law....if that makes any sense..
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I'll put it this way Red, Nations have their own laws regarding armed people arriving on shipping on their shores ....... :kilroy:
Not certain of the US legal situation in such a case but any weapons would be confiscated in very short order down here in Oz.
No compliance, no entry ........ :wave:
As a matter of interest I'll check next month when I'm in Canberra.
I do know that it would be nearly impossible to find shipping insurance if a crew were armed.
 
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