The January hijackings underscored this reality and perhaps represented a tipping point for shipping companies. “Initially ship owners seemed to concur that they would do what they’ve always done and have navies patrol the region,” Claude Berube, a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, told World Politics Review. “I think we’re on the cusp of the next threshold, in which privately owned escort vessels are more acceptable.”
Archived posts with tag ‘mercenaries’
05.01.10
Shipper Hires Mercenary Pirate-Fighters
by DAVID AXE To protect its vessels transiting the Indian Ocean from increasingly aggressive Somali pirates, in 2008 shipping firm Maersk hired a Tanzanian navy patrol boat and its crew. (Kenyan patrol boat pictured.) That move was only recently reported. “It’s a temporary solution that a shipper has hired a warship from another country, but [...]
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30.12.09
Guinea Tribe Arms as War Fears Grow
by DAVID AXE In a bloodless coup in Guinea a year ago, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power following the death of strongman Lansana Conte. But many in Guinea never accepted Camara’s rule. Three weeks ago, Camara’s former aide Aboubacar Diakite shot and wounded Camara. Since then, Camara has been recovering in Morocco while his [...]
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