Fighting Piracy
Australian Broadcasting reports that they have gone back to work: Somali pirates seize 2 more cargo ships.
Here is the main problem: one of the ships is the MV Irene EM – Greek-owned, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-flagged, and the 22 crew members are all Filipinos. It was sailing from Jordan to India. No mention of who insured the cargo, or who insured the ship.
The nearest naval vessel is the Portuguese warship, NRP Corte-Real.
Who makes the decisions about what to do?
Here’s a picture of the MV Irene EM. Kingstown is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The second ship, the MV Sea Horse, is Lebanese-owned, and Togo-flagged. No word on the crew. It is a quarter the size of the Irene EM.
