Saudi, French Leaders Call For International Efforts To Protect Shipping
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi King Abdullah on Saturday called for international efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden amid a spate of attacks by Somali pirates. The two leaders also discussed the global financial crisis and Middle East peace, during a brief visit by Sarkozy to Saudi Arabia, the official SPA [...]
InterManager condemns lack of action on piracy
InterManager, the International Ship Managers’ Association which represents a worldwide fleet of more than 2,500 ocean‐going ships and some 100,000 crew, has condemned the lack of a co‐ordinated international effort to tackle the escalating piracy problem in the Gulf of Aden.
With more than 200 seafarers now being held hostage off the coast of Somalia, some [...]
