re: #243 Nevergiveup

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he doesn’t see any immediate need to bulk up the military response to piracy on the high seas. Gates adds, however, that those decisions are being made moment by moment.

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The 4 boats seized today are a mere bag of shells. Bag of shells. And ya know what we do with a bag of shells?

You know there is one civilian shipping line that has never been pirated at. It is ZIM:

There is one shipping line that has not been hit by the pirates. It is the ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. Why is this? Because the Israeli crews are armed, to protect themselves and their ship. The pirates are not interested in taking on a crew, perhaps all of which have served and been trained in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). They, apparently, don’t need the navies of the world to protect their ships. If I were shipping by container through one of the pirate infested areas, that is the company I would use. Other shipping companies might take a lesson from ZIM.