Here Be Pirates, Matey

- WatersTechnology Staff
- 20 Apr 2009

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The rescue of Captain Richard Phillips by the U.S. Navy from the hands of Somali pirates early last week was good news, but it could easily become a watershed moment on how pirates operate in the region. Prior to the rescue, the piracy could be seen as a de facto toll for maritime traffic through the Gulf of Aden. It was predominately a financial transaction-the pirates demand their ransom and the shipper cashes in their kidnap and ransom insurance and pays off the captors.

Now that various

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