A statement issued by Captain Pottengal Mukundan, director of the International Maritime Bureau yesterday highlights the desperate times currently being experienced by mariners transiting security hotspots.
The worst increases in crime in the 1st quarter of 2009 once again come from the Somali/Gulf of Aden area.
The Somali/Gulf of Aden issue in numbers:
62% of global pirate attacks take place in the Somali/Gulf of Aden area
21% of vessels appraoced in this area are then fired upon
12% of attacks end in a successful hijacking
478 is the number of seafarers currently held hostage hostage
All of this highlights the desperate problems that are very real to the mariners operating in this area.
Wednesday 13 May 2009
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