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Maritime / Anti-Piracy Security Program |
The Problem...
Indonesia...An unidentified log carrier was boarded 8 Nov at 0450 local time by seven persons armed with knives and iron bars. Duty seaman taken hostage...
Germany...A Cyprus-flag timber carrier was targeted 5 Nov by about 40 Greenpeace activists who attempted to obstruct discharge operations. The ship was carrying timber from the Congo region...
Piracy is "...an act of boarding or attempting to board any ship with the apparent intent to commit theft or any other crime and with the apparent intent or capability to use force in the furtherance of that act".
The number of reported piracy attacks world-wide for 1999 rose to 285, an increase of 40% compared with 1998 figures and almost tripled with 1991 according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau in London. The threat is real...
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PIndustry Specific Security Programs:
Jeff Randall
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Contact
222 Central Park Avenue
Suite 1170
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone + 1 757.390.3356
Fax + 1 703.995.4550
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