MSC box ship under attack by armed gang in the Gulf of Guinea
As The Loadstar went to press there were reports that an MSC containership was under ...
Prior to the advent of armed guards, a central tenet of anti-piracy best management practice was encasing a vessels’ perimeter with razor wire. This fascinating, if at times slightly gory, article argues the stuff could pose as much a danger to ships’ crews as to the pirates it is designed to protect against. “Two of the barbs lodged in the artery of my right forearm. I couldn’t remove them and I was starting to bleed quite badly. I also realised at this point that having a rare blood group and being in a remote location was not conducive to the situation.”
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