Friday, March 18, 2011

TRAGEDIES

Tragedies are around us these days, the devastation of the earthquake & subsequent tsunami in the east coast of Japan had shown the enormous power of nature. How the Japanese people had responded to the tragedy shows the cohesiveness of their crisis management planning. In contrast, piracy is on the upswing with more frequent and vicious attacks in commercial shipping and it seems that the shipping community is virtually helpless in stemming these threats despite the efforts of various sectors related thereto.

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