Seguimos demostrando como los expertos, además de equivocarse de pleno en su día, ahora se dedican a decir lo que otros avisaban...
1) Ahora sí que recomiendan a todo Cristo el ir con personal armado y debidamente preparado:
http://www.marisec.org/pressreleases.htm
Shipping Industry Changes Stance on Armed Guards
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is the principal international trade association for shipowners, representing all sectors and trades and about 80% of the world merchant fleet.
ICS - whose Executive Committee comprising representatives of national shipowners’ associations from over 30 countries met in London last week - has decided to clarify its stance on the use of private armed security guards to defend merchant ships against attacks by Somali pirates. ICS members have also identified a vital need for the military to disable the hijacked ‘motherships’ which the pirates are now using to launch attacks throughout much of the Indian Ocean.
ICS Chairman, Spyros M Polemis, explained:
“ICS has had to acknowledge that the decision to engage armed guards, whether military or private, is a decision to be made by the ship operator after due consideration of all of the risks, and subject to the approval of the vessel’s flag state and insurers. The consensus view amongst shipping industry associations remains that, in normal circumstances, private armed guards are not recommended, and are a clear second best to military personnel. However, in view of the current crisis in the Indian Ocean - with over 700 seafarers held hostage and, most recently, a seafarer being executed - ship operators must be able to retain all possible options available to deter attacks and defend their crews against piracy. Many shipping companies have concluded that arming ships is a necessary alternative to avoiding the Indian Ocean completely, which would have a hugely damaging impact on the movement of world trade.
Mr Polemis added:
“The eradication of piracy is the responsibility of governments. Frustratingly, politicians in those nations with the largest military navies in the region show little willingness to increase resources to the extent that would be necessary to have a decisive impact on the problem of piracy. Western governments, at least, appear to give the impression that this otherwise unacceptable situation can somehow be tolerated. Sadly, until we can persuade governments otherwise, the use of armed guards by ships is very likely to continue increasing.”
ICS advises that the shipping industry will meanwhile be looking at all possible options, including alternative routes, which could have a very dramatic effect on transport costs and delivery times. Piracy is already estimated to cost the global economy between US $7-12 billion per year. If increasing numbers of ships decide to divert around the Cape of Good Hope, this will almost certainly have a major impact on inventories and costs throughout the whole supply chain and, most particularly, on the cost of oil. It could also greatly damage the economies of Africa and the Middle East at this very politically delicate time.
2) Las navieras y aseguradoras van a crear su propia "minimarina de guerra", que seguramente impida bastantes abordajes, lo que no han atajado los más de 300.000 militares y las decenas de buques y aeronaves que hay en la zona. Apuntaros este nombre, "Convoy Escort Program", una
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/wo ... 6008393607
Insurers in London are setting up a private fleet of armed patrol boats to stamp out Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden, but a US military commander has warned there is no naval solution to the problem.
Admiral Robert Willard, head of the 300,000-troop US Pacific Command, said yesterday the Somali pirates were skirting international pressure in the Gulf of Aden by moving deeper into Asian waters, and that the only fix would be to restore stability in the African nation.
He voiced exasperation at years of naval efforts to stem the flow of pirates from Somalia, which has been effectively without a central government for two decades.
"It's remarkable that 28 nations combining their maritime forces together in the Gulf of Aden have not been able to defeat this challenge," Admiral Willard told the Asia Society on a visit to Washington. He said the pirates were becoming a menace in southern India and as far away as the South China Sea.
Admiral Willard said joint action by Southeast Asian nations had all but eliminated the piracy that once plagued the Malacca Strait - a vital route for the oil that powers Asia's largest economies - but the Somalian problem could be solved only in Somalia. "I don't think you're ever going to defeat this threat at the far extremes of their operations on the sea lanes," he said. "Rather, you have to go to the centres of gravity - the source on land in the Horn of Africa - and put a stop to it there."
Donna Hopkins, the senior US State Department official on counter-piracy, agrees: "The problem is not going to go away until Somalia is fixed.
"It is an artefact of an ungoverned space with a long coastline in a region of fragile governments that's located on a critical trade route, through which 40 per cent of the world's energy passes," she said. "So it's a perfect storm."
However, insurers are weary of making massive payout and are taking the naval solution into their own hands - with the support of shipowners, freight operators, governments and navies. Leading figures in the London insurance industry have been working for two years on the Convoy Escort Program, which aims to provide protection for tankers and reduce the cost of insuring shipping operations. Giles Noakes, chief maritime security officer of the Baltic and International Maritime Council, said he would brief US politicians in Washington next week.
One of the key architects of the program is Sean Woollerson, a partner in the marine, oil and gas division at Jardine Lloyd Thompson, a leading Lloyd's broker for companies seeking insurance protection, particularly for war risks and kidnap and ransom.
"It has taken an extraordinary amount of hard work and effort over the past two years, but we hope we're about 70 per cent of the way there," Mr Woollerson said yesterday.
Under the plan, a non-profit association involving private and public sector members would be set up. It would control a fleet of 18 vessels, each with a fixed gun position and an armed crew authorised to engage pirates in battle.
Each vessel would carry eight armed security personnel and four additional crew, as well as inflatable speedboats known as "Ribs" that could be dispatched into combat if the tankers they were protecting came under attack. Although managed separately, the fleet would be under the operational control of the relevant national navy and the crew would have to conform to international rules on combat and engagement.
The pirates seem to be growing ever better organised and more capable. So-called mother ships are now venturing more than 1600km out to sea armed with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and grappling hooks.
Sustaining themselves for weeks while they search for vulnerable vessels, the pirates communicate with commanders onshore via satellite phone, receiving information from networks of contacts watching the narrow shipping lane through the Gulf of Aden.
US officials do not deny that information on shipping movements may also be leaking from international commercial centres such as Lloyd's of London and the Baltic Exchange.
Y 3) como alguno ya se olía, al final lo de La Marañosa ná de ná:
http://www.elconfidencialdigital.com/Ar ... jeto=27849
Defensa anunció a finales de 2010 que asumiría parte de la formación de los vigilantes que protegen en Somalia a los pesqueros españoles. Este curso, previsto para febrero, ni ha comenzado ni tiene fecha. Los agentes de seguridad que darán los relevos a los que están actualmente allí no han practicado el tiro a larga distancia.
Según fuentes del sector de la seguridad privada, vinculadas directamente con las negociaciones entre Defensa y los armadores, el curso diseñado por el ministerio no ha comenzado. Los vigilantes se están formando en otras instalaciones distintas a las del Instituto Técnico La Marañosa.
La ventaja que aportan estas instalaciones, que acaban de ser inauguradas oficialmente –oficiosamente hace meses- por el príncipe Felipe y la ministra Carme Chacón, es que ofrece la galería de tiro más larga, de unos 700 metros.
Los vigilantes se entrenan en el tiro con fusiles de asalto HK G36 –utilizado por las Fuerzas Armadas españolas, la UIP y el GAR entre otros- y la ametralladora media MG, capaz de disparar 1.200 balas del calibre 7,62 por minuto, alcanzado eficazmente a blancos situados a distancias de 1.200 metros.
Estas armas, por sus características, están específicamente recomendadas para las labores de vigilancia privada en los atuneros que faenan en aguas del Índico. Son las ideales para amedrentar a los piratas ante un intento de secuestro, pese a que el arsenal del que disponen los agresores “es incluso más potente”, según las fuentes consultadas por ECD.
El inicio de este curso, anunciado por Carme Chacón, debería coincidir con el inicio de una de las peores épocas de la piratería en el Índico, la del periodo intermonzónico. De febrero a junio, las corrientes marinas y los vientos se estabilizan, haciendo más fácil la navegación por las aguas que rodean a Somalia. Esto permite a los piratas estancias más prolongadas en la mar e incluso ampliar su rango de acción con expediciones superiores a las 1.000 millas.
Me pregunto donde será ese curso, ¿un salón de actos en Madrid?
por aqui todo tranquilo señores por ahora nada de nada, el ultimo el super petrolero ese con italianos dentro.... por lo demas todo por el norte....... asi que nada a seguir tomando el sol!! 
