Subscribe to RSS feedBIMCO leads move to keep ships unarmed
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Jun 11, 2009 04:50 PM
A POWERFUL cross-industry lobby led by shipping organisation BIMCO is gathering force against the use of armed private guards on merchant ships to counter piracy.
Jerry Frank, London
The BIMCO delegation at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London has expressed grave concern that onboard private forces with lethal weapon capacity will trigger an escalation of violence off Somalia.
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