Act on shore to eradicate piracy

Recent tanker hijackings highlight risk.

Action ashore needed to eradicate piracy

Incidents in S-E Asian waters show that menace is not restricted to West African region

PIRACY has become a fact of life for the shipping industry, to the extent that it is now difficult to remember the time when piracy was almost unheard of. Actually, it was not really that long ago that piracy was almost exclusively something for the history books.

Now, unfortunately, it most certainly is an issue in the 21st Century.

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Source: businesstimes.com.sg