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Offline THX
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Yet another ship hijacked
« on: January 29, 2009, 08:30:21 AM »
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/29/pirates.ship.hijack/index.html

Why the heck won\'t management hire a 2-person armed security crew for each ship in the Gulf of Aiden?  A minuscule fee compared to paying out millions in ransom, plus time lost while their goods sit on the shore in Somalia.  Seems simple to me anyway :confused:
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2009, 08:57:22 AM »
I agree.... these cargo ships of developed nations need some type of security personnel on board if they know they are going to be travelling those waters....and arm their security people with grenade or missle launchers....there\'s no way these small time pirates with their weak weaponry should be takin\' over these mass ships.
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2009, 03:55:52 PM »
If it was that easy, Im sure they would have armed themselves with something other than water canons by now.

Not to mention ppl like BlackWater and other firms that provide private maritime security are EXTREMELY expensive.

Remember that everything is not as black and white as it seems.

As for the oil and natural gas tankers, I dont think I want to draw fire by shooting at someone else while I sit atop a floating bomb.
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2009, 09:47:33 AM »
They don\'t even need to hire security. Take the crew to a shooting range for a weekend and give them an AR-15 rifle. Problem solved. Spend maybe a grand per rifle. For added protection, they can put a 50 cal on the deck.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 08:13:16 PM »
weapons on a non military ship = mutiny
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2009, 09:43:04 AM »
Like I said, if it could be done by now, it probably would have been.

Plus these ships and cargo are heavily insured.
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2009, 12:58:22 PM »
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weapons on a non military ship = mutiny


Guess that would put pressure on the captain not to mess things up in the first place :)
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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 11:45:35 AM »
Shiiiiiet just put me on a ship with a 9-milly and i buss a cap in dey azz
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2009, 08:00:03 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2009, 04:38:09 AM »
Takes one RPG to disable a multi-million dollar ship. Then there\'s the cargo.

Companies find it cheaper to pay off the ransom and get on their merry way.
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« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2009, 06:47:13 AM »
Watch the video... For the big container ships just one of those containers can be worth up to $30M.  700-800 containers adds up, plus time wasted being hijacked.  What a security team costs is pittance in comparison.

Or we could just \'splode Somalia
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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2009, 07:09:59 AM »
We need a small boat with the ultimate crew aboard:

Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone and Barrack Obama.

Coz we need a token black guy.
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« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2009, 09:32:18 AM »
Quote from: GmanJoe
We need a small boat with the ultimate crew aboard:

Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone and Barrack Obama.

Coz we need a token black guy.


:rofl:...see that\'s just not right.....wait that\'s not funny...the black guy would get killed first..:mad:
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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2009, 01:57:57 AM »
This is probably even more expensive than the option of putting security guards on the ship, but like a floating motorcade would work too I think. 1 or 2 smaller vessels escorting the prize ship, they\'d be quicker like the little pirate boats and could intercept them. Or we start cloning Jack Bauer.
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2010, 06:06:10 AM »
Bam!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/24/somalia.pirates/index.html?hpt=T2

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A pirate was killed and several others were detained after a security team thwarted an attack in waters off Somalia, authorities said Wednesday.

The incident happened Tuesday as a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, the MV Almezaan, was headed to Mogadishu, said the European Union Naval Force.

A private security team that was on board the ship returned fire when pirates tried to attack the vessel. The security team was able to repel two attack attempts.

Told ya so!!
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