Asian owners seek firm and decisive anti-piracy plans
ASIAN shipowners have called on members of the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to develop “firm and effective punitive measures” to combat piracy and ship hijacking in the Gulf of Aden.
In a letter to UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon and IMO secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos, Asian Shipowners’ Forum (ASF) secretary-general Yuichi Sonoda expressed “grave concerns” about the piracy problems, which he said were now taking place as far as 1000...
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