But to be effective they need the help and support of ship owners and operators.
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No available information suggests that other ship owners, aside from NITC, are members of the club.
Other ship owners were still reacting to the crisis and fully laden with debt.
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But Dr Gastner is worried that economic pressure might prevent ship owners from taking the necessary steps.
In an email to the author, Mr. Dezfouli responded that 50 ship owners belong to the club.
Most egregious, though, are the boxloads of special favours for industries from timber producers to cruise-ship owners.
Besides the shamans, the Yeongdeunggut is primarily supported by the female divers and ship owners who prepare food and offer sacrifices.
This has led to calls from commercial ship owners for a military blockade along the coast of Somalia to intercept pirate vessels heading out to sea.
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The number of attacks is probably higher than stated, given the desire of some ship owners to pay a ransom quietly, without involving an insurance company.
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Joe Allen believes this perspective is both unique and effective but one he is also willing to share with everyone, even ship owners who employ rival security firms.
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Some experts, however, conclude that the addition of coalition warships, diplomatic working groups and private security firms, increases complexity and further confuses ship owners looking for simple solutions.
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Washington's request was met by a chorus of protest, particularly from Greek ship owners who claim that America needs to know only who is in day-to-day control of a vessel, not the name of the beneficial owner.
There was a precedent supporting the Europeans: American green laws insist that ships docking locally be double hulled, even though that forces ship owners to pay for unwanted double hulls on international waters en route to American ports.
Amongs the Cardiff-based sponsors who helped the expedition were ship owners Daniel Radcliffe and William Tatem, and James Howell of the Cardiff department store Howells who provided a Welsh flag which flew from the Terra Nova on her long journey south.
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is advising ship-owners to adopt measure such as having look-outs or travelling at speeds which would allow them to outrun the pirates.
Once the ship's owners have sourced cash, a private security firm takes over.
Since then, all staff employed by the ship's owners have completed mandatory safety training and are not required to stand on the rail.
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Transporters and the owners of the ship had been seeking a judicial review of the council's decision to impose the ban.
Cyprus eventually released the ship after assurances from its Russian owners that it wouldn't complete the delivery, according to Cypriot officials.
Expensive maintenance may force the owners to sell the historic ship for scrap metal, unless a solution can be found.
Instead, the company recommends that its owners use a towboat or cargo ship for long haul moves.
In contrast to the current business model, where the ship-breakers buy the vessels from the owners outright and then sell the salvaged bits themselves, Ecodock is offering to split the proceeds with shipowners.
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In another development on Friday, pirates released a Norwegian cargo ship, the Bow Asir, and its crew, the vessel's owners said.
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