I recently wrote and article about the rise in the amount of pirate ship attacks on sea freight ships off the coast of Somali. The bad news is that the problem just seems to be getting worse by the week and people’s patience is growing thin. I wondered, how hard can it be to avoid a pirate ship attack, I mean, you’re on a massive cargo ship and surely you can just pull out a few pieces of heavy artillery and blow them away as soon as they come within a few hundred yards of you?
Alas, it seems the pirate ships are prepared for anything and have heavy artillery of their own which they threaten to use should you not follow their instructions. Here are some of the tactics they use and some of the tactics that cargo ship crews have been trained to use in defending themselves and their cargo form these pirates…