Shipping chiefs call on ‘people power’ to pressure governments to crack down on Somali pirates now throttling vital trade routes
Ship owners and seafarers are calling on ‘people power’ to push their governments to act now and show the political will to resolve the growing Somali piracy crisis before it strangles world trade and before more innocent seafarers are tortured and murdered.
The SOS Save Our Seafarers campaign, launched today by BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Shipping Federation (ISF), Intercargo, INTERTANKO and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), is aimed at encouraging millions of people around the world to heap pressure on their national Governments to crack down on piracy. They are calling on YOUR help.
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it's about time now that the pirates have no hesitancy in harming / killing their hostage seafarers, and considering that there is close to 200 filipino sailors held hostage by these pirates. We should however refrain from BOLD rescue missions as these pirates had now wisened up with the tactic and their support had become more sophisticated business.
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