“It is very bad and governments should take action. If the 700 hostages would have been Americans or Norwegians, then there would have been more activities.”
This was the response of Herbjorn Hansson when the shipowning stalwart was quizzed on CNBC last week about the threat of Somali piracy.
The Norwegian’s words appear to have a chilling resonance in the wake of the shooting dead by pirates of four US hostages onboard a hijacked yacht on Tuesday.
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