Anarchy on High Seas: Threats to Merchant Vessels with Severe Piracy Attacks
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Running head: ACADEMIC ESSAY
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1ACADEMIC ESSAY
The hijacking of ships along with seizure of their crew has been identified as one of the
universal means of attaining control and regulation over a vessel. Piracy has had been posing
distressing impacts on stakeholders engaged in the maritime domain for centuries. Recent
decades have been witnessing several industrial players being cohesive with International
Maritime Organization in order to find relevant resolutions to these forms of menaces (Vaněk et
al., 2013). The relatable question sheds light on the level of safety and protection merchants
obtain who toil the unexplored seas in order to offer the world with adequate necessities as well
as economic competence it desires. The thesis statement of this essay is “Anarchy on High Seas
posing threats to merchant vessels with severe piracy attacks.”
The most predominant menace and danger encountered by merchant vessel as well as their
crews in recent times are piracy and armed robbery. However this major threat has been
sustaining as a prospective issue to a large extent (Dubner & Pastorius, 2013). As such maritime
intimidation is pertaining to pose high level of threat to the protection of crews, mariners as well
as commercial transport; this tends to highlight factors associated to piracy attacks, life threat
and armed robbery (Twyman-Ghoshal & Pierce, 2014). At this juncture, it is significant to note
the devastated piracy threats which have been witnessed in the sphere of maritime shipping.
Reports reveal that the US Navy Destroyer, USS Cole in 2000 encountered piracy threat in the
process of refuelling in the harbour of Aden, one of the chief cargo seaports in Yemen (Vaněk et
al., 2013). The piracy attack has been noted to have killed around 18 members of the marine
crew along with around 40 being left severely injured and severe damage to their vessel.
Following to this detrimental event, it has been investigated that a group of pirates had been held
accused of hijacking as well as capturing 4 civilian aircrafts which were subsequently utilized to
demolish the World Trade Centre (Martínez-Zarzoso & Bensassi, 2013).
The hijacking of ships along with seizure of their crew has been identified as one of the
universal means of attaining control and regulation over a vessel. Piracy has had been posing
distressing impacts on stakeholders engaged in the maritime domain for centuries. Recent
decades have been witnessing several industrial players being cohesive with International
Maritime Organization in order to find relevant resolutions to these forms of menaces (Vaněk et
al., 2013). The relatable question sheds light on the level of safety and protection merchants
obtain who toil the unexplored seas in order to offer the world with adequate necessities as well
as economic competence it desires. The thesis statement of this essay is “Anarchy on High Seas
posing threats to merchant vessels with severe piracy attacks.”
The most predominant menace and danger encountered by merchant vessel as well as their
crews in recent times are piracy and armed robbery. However this major threat has been
sustaining as a prospective issue to a large extent (Dubner & Pastorius, 2013). As such maritime
intimidation is pertaining to pose high level of threat to the protection of crews, mariners as well
as commercial transport; this tends to highlight factors associated to piracy attacks, life threat
and armed robbery (Twyman-Ghoshal & Pierce, 2014). At this juncture, it is significant to note
the devastated piracy threats which have been witnessed in the sphere of maritime shipping.
Reports reveal that the US Navy Destroyer, USS Cole in 2000 encountered piracy threat in the
process of refuelling in the harbour of Aden, one of the chief cargo seaports in Yemen (Vaněk et
al., 2013). The piracy attack has been noted to have killed around 18 members of the marine
crew along with around 40 being left severely injured and severe damage to their vessel.
Following to this detrimental event, it has been investigated that a group of pirates had been held
accused of hijacking as well as capturing 4 civilian aircrafts which were subsequently utilized to
demolish the World Trade Centre (Martínez-Zarzoso & Bensassi, 2013).
2ACADEMIC ESSAY
However, one may argue about the linkage between on-land terrorist attacks and on-sea
piracy attacks. The relevant similarities and variances along with the associations related to
piracy attacks as well as maritime terrorism acts might be considered as concerning subject area
(Dubner & Pastorius, 2013). Extensive observations on terror and piracy attacks have revealed
the appalling events concerning the attack of 9/11 that had triggered the exploration for certain
instances, whereby terrorists exhibited greater level of tendency to cause terror attacks along
with the range of achievable objects which could have been utilized as weapons to cause such
devastating impacts (Martínez-Zarzoso & Bensassi, 2013). However such events have
significantly turned around the attention towards piracy attacks encountered by the broad range
of maritime vessels along with the extensive level of shipping and trading associated to
commercial distribution and further emphasizing the increasing level of susceptibility of vessels
and ships to piracy attacks (Vaněk et al., 2013). A report revealed by Reuters has revealed the
way India posed legal charges on 33 men of foreign nationality with an armed maritime ship that
was being controlled by the U.S maritime security organization because of being incompetent to
produce any legal documents as evidences to prove the authorization of transporting those
weapons through India’s territorial waters (Chandrasekaran, 2013). The claims stated by
Chandrasekaran, (2013) stated that the Indian Maritime Police Department has been enquiring
the genuineness of the documents which have been produced by the captain. However India as
per the reports have detained the ship and have further blocked the major shipping routes of
Kanyakumari, resulting several cargo vessels to travel with armed weapons in order to deter any
further piracy attacks (Levin, 2013). This has however shed light on the unconstructive and
insecurely executed sea protection operations of efficiently positioning private as well as military
maritime guards on vessels for effective safeguard and prevention against piracy threats and
However, one may argue about the linkage between on-land terrorist attacks and on-sea
piracy attacks. The relevant similarities and variances along with the associations related to
piracy attacks as well as maritime terrorism acts might be considered as concerning subject area
(Dubner & Pastorius, 2013). Extensive observations on terror and piracy attacks have revealed
the appalling events concerning the attack of 9/11 that had triggered the exploration for certain
instances, whereby terrorists exhibited greater level of tendency to cause terror attacks along
with the range of achievable objects which could have been utilized as weapons to cause such
devastating impacts (Martínez-Zarzoso & Bensassi, 2013). However such events have
significantly turned around the attention towards piracy attacks encountered by the broad range
of maritime vessels along with the extensive level of shipping and trading associated to
commercial distribution and further emphasizing the increasing level of susceptibility of vessels
and ships to piracy attacks (Vaněk et al., 2013). A report revealed by Reuters has revealed the
way India posed legal charges on 33 men of foreign nationality with an armed maritime ship that
was being controlled by the U.S maritime security organization because of being incompetent to
produce any legal documents as evidences to prove the authorization of transporting those
weapons through India’s territorial waters (Chandrasekaran, 2013). The claims stated by
Chandrasekaran, (2013) stated that the Indian Maritime Police Department has been enquiring
the genuineness of the documents which have been produced by the captain. However India as
per the reports have detained the ship and have further blocked the major shipping routes of
Kanyakumari, resulting several cargo vessels to travel with armed weapons in order to deter any
further piracy attacks (Levin, 2013). This has however shed light on the unconstructive and
insecurely executed sea protection operations of efficiently positioning private as well as military
maritime guards on vessels for effective safeguard and prevention against piracy threats and
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