From The Danger Room:
John Harris, the CEO of HollowPoint Protective Services, is in the business of maritime security and anti-piracy operations. And he tells DANGER ROOM his company has seen a surge in calls from shipping companies that ply the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of ships have been attacked by Somali pirates.
Over the past few weeks, he said, HollowPoint "started receiving a lot of e-mails from shipping companies -- they had questions, and they wanted to talk." In fact, he added,"I just got an e-mail today from another company that operates in the Gulf of Aden."
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My Comment: This tactic is probably going to be very popular with the insurance companies. If it is going to cost tens of thousands of dollars extra .... if not more .... to insure a ship, maybe it would make economical sense to put 10 armed security men onto the boat for the few days that it would take to pass this danger zone. For high valued targets .... this probably makes a lot of sense.
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