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2005-06-07 International-UN-NGOs

Weekly Piracy Report - 31 May to 6 June 2005

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Posted by Pappy 2005-06-07 11:13|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sigh. Here we go again...

There's a legal problem with merchant ships using weapons, even in self defense. By international law, the use of weapons then classes the merchant vessel as a warship, with all the legal baggage that entails.

That's why some ships are escorted through the Malacca Straits by a separate escort vessel, and not by an armed onboard detachment. If one thinks Malaysia goes nuts over an escort vessel, imagine what would happen if they found an armed detachment aboard a ship, or that weapons had been fired at pirates in their territorial waters. Ship owners don't want to go through that kind of headache.

Posted by Pappy 2005-06-07 23:44|| 2005-06-07 23:44|| Front Page Top

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