When will the Merchant Shipping community tighten security?
October 8, 2008 by Roger Tomberlin
Filed under Maritime Security
According to the Associated Press (2008), pirates seized the 530-foot-long freighter Faina off of the coast of Somalia. The ship was carrying 33 T-72 tanks, a substantial quantity of ammunition, and spare parts. This is a series of lucrative business adventures of coastal pirate groups who undertake these swift measures to financially assist themselves [...]