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Maritime piracy trends are on the increase and have risen dramatically since the
1980's.
Motives for piracy include: Terrorism, Drugs
& Organised Crime
Although most acts of piracy occur in the Far East, the number of incidents
effecting the waterways around Africa, South America and the Caribbean have
been increasing.
Most acts of piracy remain unreported or undisclosed as attacks often result in increased insurance premiums and are often an embarrassment to the country concerned, in whose waters these attacks take place.
It would appear that governments and maritime organisations are starting to
act and in areas where government have committed law enforcement, there have
been some acts of piracy that have been reportedly staved off. However, the
growing piracy in Asia remains a barrier to maritime trade.
Piracy is not just directed at merchant shipping, it affects the private maritime
sector too. There are also increasing acts of piracy on ferries where passengers
have been robbed at knife/gunpoint.
In the past, shipping companies have been reluctant to use trained maritime
security staff on board their vessels simply because of financial impacts. (Berths
taken up on a ship by security instead of working seamen were considered wasted
and non productive).
As piracy increases, so do the financial losses to trade and shipping. These
losses impacts on the costs of merchandise, insurance premiums and in some cases,
peoples lives.
GSI International's Maritime Security personnel have Military/Marine Special
Forces backgrounds and are trained to deal with all maritime predicaments either
on commercial or private vessels whether at sea or in port.
If you have any questions
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page.
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