From today’s Times: Eleven ships and 262 crew members are believed to be detained by pirates right now. That’s a lot of people. Blackbeard lives.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Pirate Run-Down
Jeremy started his discussion of maritime piracy by talking about his days covering the issue in Asia, specifically the activity in the Straits of Malacca, between Singapore and Indonesia. At one particularly narrow stretch, the channel is less than 2 miles wide – an ideal target zone for pirates. The Free Aceh rebels, a separatist …
Disturbing new Somali piracy trend
I’m sure some of you have seen the news about the British couple that was taken hostage by Somali pirates in the Indian ocean. They were on their private yacht when they were taken. This presents some diffierences than if they were traveling on a commercial vessel. In those cases the company has an interest …