Has Somali piracy crisis returned? 'Yes and no', says maritime veteran
The seemingly relentless widening of the Middle East conflict beyond the Red Sea appears to ...
Somali pirates dominated the shipping headlines for the best part of a decade – even to the point they became Hollywood material in the form of the Tom Hanks vehicle Captain Philips (although our personal preference is the brilliant low-budget Danish thriller Kapringen (A Hijacking) starring Pilou Asbæk). Nowadays, filmmakers will need to look at the west coast of Africa to find similar inspiration, according to this report from Splash247. The Gulf of Guinea is showing a marked increase in ...
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