August 2012 In 2009, the Federal Assembly of Switzerland voted against taking part in Operation Atalanta, a European Union Naval Force effort to prevent and combat acts of piracy in the Indian Ocean. This decision, however, apparently does not prevent private Swiss shipping companies from hiring their private security firms to secure their cargo. Surely, there […]
West African Piracy Surpasses East African Piracy
June 2013 Piracy in West Africa has been on the rise for several years, and has now eclipsed East African piracy in number of incidents this past year, according to the International Maritime Bureau. The bureau counts 966 attacks in favor of pirates dominating the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa, and 851 for Somali pirates […]
Indian Fishermen are Indirect Victims of Piracy
Due to the recent epidemic of piracy that has caught hold of the Indian Ocean, these waters are no longer safe for even the saltiest seafarers. While pirates themselves provide a direct threat, they also are the cause of an indirect one– merchant vessels firing upon innocent civilians who they mistake for pirates. India has […]
Piracy Increasing Costs of Shipping; Solutions are not Simple
June 2012 A recent report released by AT Kearney and the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association predicts that another piracy epidemic could cause shipping costs to skyrocket by 150%. Although there have been recent declines since the epidemic reached fever-pitch levels in 2009, piracy has not yet been eliminated. If the current situation stagnates or […]
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