Stolt-Nielsen has moved to distance itself from comments made by its founder that pirates should be ‘executed’ as part of the shipping industry’s ongoing “war” off Somalia.
Jacob Stolt-Nielsen advocates the sinking of pirate vessels and their criminal occupants despite the inevitable increased threat to crew members’ lives, according to an article in Norwegian daily Dagens Naeringsliv.
Compatriot Herbjorn Hansson also voiced his concerns in the Tuesday’s article and the Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NATS) boss spoke candidly on the issue to CNBC in a separate interview.
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