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Those are just on small ships steaming through the Malacca Straits. Itwo quotes from the official website of this summerís ëmust- seeí movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, produced by Walt Disney Until now, the incidents consisted mainly of hit-and-run and released to coincide with the Northern Hemisphereís long incidents, boarding vessels at night and making away with school summer holidays. valuables and equipment. There were extreme cases of murder of crew members and hijacking of ships, but mercifully these Pirates are entertainment; children make their own skull-and- were rare. crossbones hats, put on their eye patches and clash swords in the garden. It is unlikely that many of those children or their Now, however, things are getting serious. In just two months parents who take them to see the film have any concept of the there have been more than half a dozen cases of vessels being reality of piracy or know that it is a current and growing menace. chased by armed gangs using bursts of fire from automatic rifl es But until they do, and until that concern becomes a global issue, to stop ships. In back-to-back incidents on successive days, a seafarersí lives will remain in danger. shipís captain has been injured while another was stopped, three hostages taken and released only after the payment of ransom The International Maritime Bureau reported earlier this year that money said to be about $50,000 (see page 10). pirate attacks had tripled in a decade; in the fi rst three months of this year alone, 145 seafarers were reported killed, assaulted, All but the latest kidnapping incident aboard the Malaysian ves- kidnapped or had gone missing; hardly the ìhumour, action and sel Penrider took place in the relatively less heavily patrolled thrillsî of the big screen. Militant groups, perhaps even terrorists, northern portion of strife-torn Indonesian province of Aceh. seem to have infiltrated scattered pirate gangs operating mostly But the fact that piracy has resurfaced in the guarded southern portion striking close to Malaysian waters is worrying observ- ers such as IMB Piracy Reporting Centreís regional manager Everyoneís doing it Noel Choong. While the Tasman Spirit disgraces itself off Karachi and ships The organised nature of the attacks, the use of automatic weap- collide in the Schelde, the Southern Hemisphere is getting ons and the smooth planning of the raids point to the hand in on the act. First the small box ship Spirit of Enterprise damaged its rudder near Auckland. Then on Tuesday this week, the Sealand Express dragged its anchor in bad weather at Dolphin Beach Cape Town. Two harbour tugs and a salvage tug went to give assistance but by the time they arrived 20 minutes later the vessel’s bows were aground onto sand. One of the tugs managed to secure a cable but this broke, and the US-flagged ship then swung to and grounded firmly onto sand where a heavy swell began pounding the vessel beam-on. As Fairplay went to press, Salvor Smit Pentow had gone on board the vessel to secure the safety of the crew and to attempt salvage. August 21, 2003 www.fairplay.co.uk Email: [email protected] 3 FRPED030821033.indd 3 19/8/03, 17:14:10 Look Out of professional groups. Suspicions are centred on rebel Aceh militants, who are well versed in armed attacks using sophisti- A bull in Chinaís shops cated weapons.