All the key stakeholders in the fight against piracy met in London to discuss steps to maintain success in combating piracy. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis,who also serves as a NATO commander , met the leaders from NATO Maritime Component Command, European Union and shipping security officials and other experts to find the ways of improving their cooperation to fight piracy. Stavridis noted in his blog post on the US European Command website: “We face a significant global problem that has caused extensive and expensive disruptions to the global maritime grid”. Though the success rate of the pirate attacks has come down, the Somali pirates still have “seven ships and 100 hostages”. Many nations like Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, India , Iran and the Gulf States, NATO , the European Union— all have come together to address this great problem. Some nations like US and China even have undertaken exercises in facing the piracy attacks. The Industry also, on its part, has sought to implement some effective practices such as “travelling in convoys, hardening their defenses such as stringing concertina wires, posting look outs and hiring private teams”. In the conference co- hosted by the UN sponsored International Maritime Organization, the participants discussed ways to increase cooperation between the shippers and the protecting forces. Again, according to Stavridis, efforts should be taken to build “the capacity within the local coastal guards and to applying a comprehensive approach to make piracy less attractive as an occupation”.
Friday, 28 September 2012
Continuous efforts to fight piracy, Stavridis
All the key stakeholders in the fight against piracy met in London to discuss steps to maintain success in combating piracy. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis,who also serves as a NATO commander , met the leaders from NATO Maritime Component Command, European Union and shipping security officials and other experts to find the ways of improving their cooperation to fight piracy. Stavridis noted in his blog post on the US European Command website: “We face a significant global problem that has caused extensive and expensive disruptions to the global maritime grid”. Though the success rate of the pirate attacks has come down, the Somali pirates still have “seven ships and 100 hostages”. Many nations like Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, India , Iran and the Gulf States, NATO , the European Union— all have come together to address this great problem. Some nations like US and China even have undertaken exercises in facing the piracy attacks. The Industry also, on its part, has sought to implement some effective practices such as “travelling in convoys, hardening their defenses such as stringing concertina wires, posting look outs and hiring private teams”. In the conference co- hosted by the UN sponsored International Maritime Organization, the participants discussed ways to increase cooperation between the shippers and the protecting forces. Again, according to Stavridis, efforts should be taken to build “the capacity within the local coastal guards and to applying a comprehensive approach to make piracy less attractive as an occupation”.
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