definitions provided by the UN and the IMB. Per the UNCLOS treaty, piracy can technically only occur on the high seas, i.e. outside of states’ territorial waters. Although the IMB recognizes what the provisions in the UNCLOS treaty prescribe, it maintains an addendum pertaining to armed robbery: “Armed robbery against ships means any unlawful act of violence or detention or any act of depredation, or threats thereof, other than act of “piracy”, directed against a ship or against persons or property on
estimates that K&R premiums increased 900% 2008 and 2009. iii. Cargo insurance covers goods transported by a ship. The excess premium on cargo transiting piracy regions is said to have also gone up. iv. Hull and machinery (H&M) insurance that covers physical damage to the ship, including grounding or damage from heavy seas, collision, sinking, fire, piracy, capsizing, being Stranded, and jettisoning cargo to save other property. This insurance premium is also gone up. c) Shipping networking and rerouting
The Straits of Malacca consist of a narrow and lengthy waterway that extends more than 500 miles in the Southeast Asian region connecting the two most important oceans of the world- the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean from the east of the Andaman Sea to the South China Sea in Southeast Asia. Straddling the sea route between the Indonesian island of Sumatra and Malaysia to the east and between Riau Archipelago and Singapore to the south, the Straits of Malacca are known globally for their economic
history of piracy, although it is well documented, is extremely complex ranging from being legally sanctioned naval fleets sent to destroy and loot the opposition, to individual captains raiding the empires they once served. These individuals have served as the captains in raiding the empires. Most of these Buccaneers have captivated the historians and the publishers for last centuries. Sir Henry Morgan is the one who participated on the war in conquering other empires for power. Piracy was not something
During the Golden Age of Piracy (1650s-1730s), it could be seen that certain famous pirates could favor one class of ship over another in particular the Brigantine class of ship. So did pirates favor the Brigantine class of ship over all the others and if so what were the advantages and disadvantages to this ship? As we begin this paper, you may be asking yourself “what does a real pirate ship even look like? I am sure you have seen them in movies, but did you know that the oldest commissioned
Latimer, Jon. Buccaneers of the Carribean: How Piracy Forged an Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009). Jon Latimer’s Buccaneers of the Caribbean: How Piracy Forged an Empire argues that buccaneering in the Caribbean was essential to the rise of Britain and facilitated the decline of Spain. Latimer hopes to provide a reinterpretation of seventeenth-century buccaneering as well as emphasizing how buccaneers in the Caribbean were different from other privateers throughout history due
Online Piracy, the subject of much controversy. Musicians and Actors complain about how the people should pay for their albums or movies. What they don’t take into consideration is that not everyone can afford a Twenty dollar movie or a Sixteen dollar album. They also do not think about people who have no time to run to the store and pay the twenty dollars. Lastly musicians get profit just from selling merchandise at their concerts and also the concert tickets themselves. Actors get paid for acting
descriptions to the real world of pirates? Piracy is as old as the history of sailing and has always been present throughout history. Wherever there are trade routes or traveling grounds with wealthy travelers, pirates will be there. One of the most famous time periods involving pirates was the Golden Age of Piracy, where the seas were splattered with blood and thievery. At the end of the 17th century after a period of relative peace in Europe was when piracy really flourished, with approximately 2
Online Piracy People don’t realize that they commit the crime of online piracy, and not only in the United States, but all over the world. The United States isn’t even in the top ten countries for most online piracy, but that doesn’t mean that the this isn’t an issue. This is why the government is trying to “crack down” on people who are illegally downloading softwares on their computers. Many people argue that online piracy isn’t a wrong thing to do, but it still is a crime so that is why people
the usage of the internet to illegally copy and/or distribute copyrighted works. Lost in the exchange of web oversight, hostile to theft measures, and the governmental issues of the web is a basic inquiry: does robbery really cause financial harm? Piracy, does in fact, have a negative effect in many ways including factors like everyday jobs and may hurt countless companies and businesses. Everywhere around the world, people are enjoying millions of pirated things like music, apps, and movies. Many