The business for pirate ships "flying flags of convenience from landlocked nations has boomed", says the New Scientist.
All of our pirate ships are flying, because our worlds consist of enormous floating islands that hang in mid-space.
Two framed pictures of pirate ships interact as cannons shoot between the two and pirates jump from one ship to the other.
Broadcasting legend Dave Cash began his radio career on the pirate ships in the North Sea where he presented the "Kenny and Cash Show" with Kenny Everett.
It wasn't long before he joined one of the many pirate ships broadcasting off the coast of England and thus began a radio career that has taken him across the country - including presenting on the legendary Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline.
The new warning says recent attacks have occurred hundreds of miles off the coast, suggesting that pirates are using more "mother ships" -- a practice of using bigger boats with longer range to launch smaller pirate ships from farther out to sea, according to Pentagon officials.
CNN: As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast
In 2012 the number of successful pirate seizures of merchant ships fell from a 2009 figure of 38 to 21 according to the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) command in Bahrain but another statistic published by the group highlights a more troubling trend.
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Stint could help you find lost ships full of pirate gold, but you'd still have to launch the expedition.
Howlett told CNN the 268 people currently held did not include a number of crew members from two further Yemeni ships that are under pirate control, as they had not been formally reported to the IMB by their owners.
If the pirate ship captures just one in every hundred ships, the average profit for the traders will drop to 19%.
However, some of the roughly 15 ships making up CTF150 have been involved in deterring pirate attacks.
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