>That's a good idea, but is it doable? WOuldn't the logistics of it be pretty >daunting, considering we are talking about potentially hundreds of ships >owned by hundreds of companies from several dozen different countries....? >
It wouldn't be too difficult. Just get some cooperation with the insurance companies. The insurers will cover any ship that's part of the convoys, and will not cover any ship that going at it alone. Let the commercial shipping in the region know the assembly points, and on a regular basis the ships move out in a convoy. There are multiple ships of US, NATO, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and other navies in the area. They already coordinate patrols to some extent. So it should not be too hard, we're talking about perhaps 1 or 2 ships per 20 - 25 commercial vessels, plus any roving patrols. Moreover once the convoys are in national waters of Kenya or other African countries, their navies should be available to assist. Done correctly there should be almost no incidents. Or if there are, then the pirates would end up facing at least one frigate size warship and possibly more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
