The most recent ship captured by Somali pirates shows that fortune may favor the bold, as the pirates, using mother ships, are able to move operations into sea lanes that have shifted ever farther off their coast. See here:
The International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre in Kuala Lumpur sent out a warning to shipping following the hijacking.
The hijacking so far away from the coast underscores concerns that pirates are attacking vessels further and further away from Somalia as ships are warned to stay 600 miles from the coast.
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