The recent release of four employees of Protection Vessels International, after nearly six months' detention in Eritrea, together with the imprisonment of six persons -- American, Kenyan and British citizens -- in Somalia, convicted of illegally bringing ransom money into the country, shows the risks that are run by those offering anti-piracy services.
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This is the age of “rights”, and a good thing too, except that it can become something of a religion, as people rather go over the top as to their entitlements, and every man and his dog needs an accompanying lawyer.
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At the beginning of this month we had Seafarers Awareness Week, a communications campaign promoted by Seafarers UK, a leading charity, aimed at enlightening the public about the vital role of mariners, shipping and the sea services.
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The past century of commerce and warfare has left a legacy of thousands of sunken vessels along the U.S., Canadian and European coasts.
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Sustainability has been the theme of German shipowner Robert Lorenz-Meyer, during his two years as BIMCO President which ended last week in Vancouver at the organisation’s General Meeting.
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There seems to have been a good deal of dissatisfaction in the shipping industry at what the regulators at the IMO managed to put together at the Maritime Safety Committee on on-load lifeboat hooks.
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