Maritime Piracy on the Rise

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Posted on : 27-10-2009 | By : sannok | In : Piracy Report Articles

In 2008 there were 293 reported cases contributing to piracy at sea with Somalia and the Gulf of Aden region 111 reported incidents occur in seconds, and Nigeria with 40 reported incidents.

Note that this only reported incidents. In the highly competitive shipping market, many airlines prefer to cover losses from its own resources rather then report the incident, causing a marked increase in insurance premiums and risk of long delays due toStudy of government and bureaucracy.

The top 3 areas for piracy at sea are:
SOUTH-EAST ASIA
AFRICA
LATIN AMERICA

The four common denominator of this factor in all 3 zones are:
– A variety of islands and archipelagos chains make numerous hiding places (minus Africa)
– The widespread corruption of the government
– Fear lack of cooperation with the general population because of the criminal investigations of reprisals
– Large and healthy blackMarkets to facilitate ease and speed of selling stolen goods

The major players affected are the shippers (manufacturers) are for the sale of stolen goods, the carrier (the company that the sea has stolen ship), and the insurers of shippers and freight forwarders.

Encouraging acts of piracy at sea are of sufficient volume that sends the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), founded by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), daily reports of piracy through increasedSatellite to all shipping companies.

The international community begins to pursue containment of piracy at sea much more aggressively on many fronts between ICC / IMF-sponsored seminar on the hiring of private military companies (PMCs) of shipping companies.

Recent significant events in relation to the increasing threat of international trade is the Blackwater Worldwide (PMC), with its 830-tonne, 183 meter long ship of the "MacArthur" to the Somali government to combat supportPirates who plagued the east coast of Africa and also send two warships to China to patrol the same pirate infested waters.

Both events were obtained with a high mixed feelings by the international community.

The conclusion is that companies are finding that it is difficult enough to maintain a sustainable long term success in today's tight global economy do not believe that the possibility of the abduction of their goods should be allowed on the high seas will continue toThreat to their security.

We can expect that the coverage and much more to see increased activity in this as kidnappings and escalating tensions with the corridors of corporate and government powers.

The Most Mysterious Maritime Mystery Ever – The Marie Celeste, Part Four

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Posted on : 25-10-2009 | By : sannok | In : Piracy Report Articles

So the Marie Celeste was in good shape and seaworthy, but the crew had to leave in a hurry, but there was no sign of a product push, a mutiny or any kind of fight, and it was reported no storm. None of the crew or passengers were ever found, was not the boat. The mysterious ship sailed to Gibraltar by the chief mate of the Dei Gratia, where an investigation was conducted by the Vice Admiralty Court

Marine experts bottom trawls in the vessel and discovered whatassumed that a couple of blood stains in the cabin of the captain, where they also found a machete and a knife. They also discovered a deep wound on the railing of the ship that it was derived from a blunt object, or may cause an ax. But out of the United States Consul in Gibraltar, including a study and found that the wound was caused by simple wear and tear and decrypts the 'blood' marks them as rust.

The crew of the Dei Gratia, fell under suspicion of insuranceCompanies paid only one-what the sixth ship and cargo was insured. The charge was heavily insured went to Genoa, minus nine missing barrels above. James H. Winchester received back his seemingly cursed ship, when he sold it and put it back in but to work, it was a decision to be regretted that he would survive. Tragically, the ship was involved in another accident, off the coast of Massachusetts, in the Winchester's father was killed. The ship was a horrorshow.

The Most Mysterious Maritime Mystery Ever – The Marie Celeste, Part Three

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Posted on : 19-09-2009 | By : sannok | In : Piracy Report Articles

Upon closer inspection, the event was even more bizarre, were missing the boat all the papers except the captain's logbook, the clock did not work and the compass was broken, missing only a sextant and the marine chronometer. The mystery – it was to no attempt to weigh anchor, scroll the screen, and tie the steering wheel – all contributes to the ship's wild driving. Mysteriously, the peak halyard, which is used for the main hoistSailing, it was found that the ship is tied to the other end, terribly frayed, trailing in the water behind him.

DeVeau party check the cargo of the ship, you will find it to be fully intact, but when he was finally unloaded in Genoa, nine barrels found to be empty, but there was no evidence of a leak out. No protective clothing or rain had seized the ship on the boat, nor any of the provisions had six months of food and clean fresh water. First solutions are offered,thought that the Marie Celeste was the victim of a RAID-piracy, however, was the charge does not affect the crew still had personal valuables, so that such an attack seems very unlikely.

Things were on closer inspection of the ship discovered that pointed out that the ship had been evacuated in a hurry, like a cluttered mess in the quarters of the captain and unfinished calculations in the neighborhood of the first officer. Unfortunately, the Captain's Log is only added to the mystery, since noMention of any bad weather or unforeseen events, was the last entry of 24 November and she put one hundred miles west of the Azores. In addition to the master, the ship's slate showed that the Marie Celeste of the island of Santa Maria in the Azores on the morning of 25 November had reached.