Comments on: Bow Asir & Nipayia – Pirates Find Success In Shift Back To Somalia’s East Coast http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harman http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-19381 Harman Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:36:51 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-19381 Since it is just cargo ships and ships crew that are being effected by the piracy; the world community is dragging its feet on action. Let a fare paying passenger get his/her feet wet and see the quick action. Since it is just cargo ships and ships crew that are being effected by the piracy; the world community is dragging its feet on action.

Let a fare paying passenger get his/her feet wet and see the quick action.

]]> By: Harman http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-23192 Harman Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:36:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-23192 Since it is just cargo ships and ships crew that are being effected by the piracy; the world community is dragging its feet on action. Let a fare paying passenger get his/her feet wet and see the quick action. Since it is just cargo ships and ships crew that are being effected by the piracy; the world community is dragging its feet on action.

Let a fare paying passenger get his/her feet wet and see the quick action.

]]> By: Capt Mike http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-19377 Capt Mike Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:59:49 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-19377 Acta Non Verba! Acta Non Verba!

]]> By: Capt Mike http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-23191 Capt Mike Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:59:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-23191 Acta Non Verba! Acta Non Verba!

]]> By: Capt Mike http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-19376 Capt Mike Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:57:41 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-19376 "The international presence there is significant," the Navy official said. "We are working with everybody who is there." But the vast size of the region would require 61 ships just to control the internationally designated shipping lanes, he said. "And that's a small portion of the area we are talking about." <a href="http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43830" target="_blank">http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=4...</a> "The international presence there is significant," the Navy official said. "We are working with everybody who is there."

But the vast size of the region would require 61 ships just to control the internationally designated shipping lanes, he said. "And that's a small portion of the area we are talking about."

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=4…

]]> By: Capt Mike http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-23190 Capt Mike Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:57:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-23190 "The international presence there is significant," the Navy official said. "We are working with everybody who is there." But the vast size of the region would require 61 ships just to control the internationally designated shipping lanes, he said. "And that's a small portion of the area we are talking about." <a href="http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43830" rel="nofollow">http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=4...</a> "The international presence there is significant," the Navy official said. "We are working with everybody who is there."

But the vast size of the region would require 61 ships just to control the internationally designated shipping lanes, he said. "And that's a small portion of the area we are talking about."

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=4…

]]> By: gCaptain http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-19370 gCaptain Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:46:49 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-19370 They are using convoys extensively in the Gulf Of Aden. The problem now is that ship owners found safety in distance from land by avoiding the GOA and rounding the Cape Of Good Hope. This plus the fact that convoys have not been 100% successful in the GOA. One problem is that slower vessels (the ones most prone to attack) need to maintain max speed to keep up with the convoy... one engineering hickup and they get left behind.... a problem that would be magnified, due to the distance involved, on a meridional voyage. They are using convoys extensively in the Gulf Of Aden. The problem now is that ship owners found safety in distance from land by avoiding the GOA and rounding the Cape Of Good Hope.

This plus the fact that convoys have not been 100% successful in the GOA. One problem is that slower vessels (the ones most prone to attack) need to maintain max speed to keep up with the convoy… one engineering hickup and they get left behind…. a problem that would be magnified, due to the distance involved, on a meridional voyage.

]]> By: gCaptain http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-23188 gCaptain Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:46:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-23188 They are using convoys extensively in the Gulf Of Aden. The problem now is that ship owners found safety in distance from land by avoiding the GOA and rounding the Cape Of Good Hope. This plus the fact that convoys have not been 100% successful in the GOA. One problem is that slower vessels (the ones most prone to attack) need to maintain max speed to keep up with the convoy... one engineering hickup and they get left behind.... a problem that would be magnified, due to the distance involved, on a meridional voyage. They are using convoys extensively in the Gulf Of Aden. The problem now is that ship owners found safety in distance from land by avoiding the GOA and rounding the Cape Of Good Hope.

This plus the fact that convoys have not been 100% successful in the GOA. One problem is that slower vessels (the ones most prone to attack) need to maintain max speed to keep up with the convoy… one engineering hickup and they get left behind…. a problem that would be magnified, due to the distance involved, on a meridional voyage.

]]> By: Ian http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-19369 Ian Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:21:19 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-19369 I have not seen much talk recently on the use of convoys and am not sure if it was brought up at the CMA presentations...has that idea been scrubbed? It would seem to me that if the naval forces patrolling the area are not effective, then some sort of convoy operation might be an option. I guess the question is how many vessels are needed to provide escort service. But at least they would provide a useful role while steaming around the area. Convoys need protected staging areas so perhaps the fear is that the pirates would target vessels coming to and from those areas? I have not seen much talk recently on the use of convoys and am not sure if it was brought up at the CMA presentations…has that idea been scrubbed?

It would seem to me that if the naval forces patrolling the area are not effective, then some sort of convoy operation might be an option. I guess the question is how many vessels are needed to provide escort service. But at least they would provide a useful role while steaming around the area.

Convoys need protected staging areas so perhaps the fear is that the pirates would target vessels coming to and from those areas?

]]> By: Ian http://gcaptain.com/pirates-find-sucess-shift-somalias/?7504#comment-23187 Ian Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7504#comment-23187 I have not seen much talk recently on the use of convoys and am not sure if it was brought up at the CMA presentations...has that idea been scrubbed? It would seem to me that if the naval forces patrolling the area are not effective, then some sort of convoy operation might be an option. I guess the question is how many vessels are needed to provide escort service. But at least they would provide a useful role while steaming around the area. Convoys need protected staging areas so perhaps the fear is that the pirates would target vessels coming to and from those areas? I have not seen much talk recently on the use of convoys and am not sure if it was brought up at the CMA presentations…has that idea been scrubbed?

It would seem to me that if the naval forces patrolling the area are not effective, then some sort of convoy operation might be an option. I guess the question is how many vessels are needed to provide escort service. But at least they would provide a useful role while steaming around the area.

Convoys need protected staging areas so perhaps the fear is that the pirates would target vessels coming to and from those areas?

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