The shipping industry has called for the UN to establish a force of armed guards to tackle the piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean.
In a letter to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, the ‘Round Table’ of international shipping associations has called for a UN peacekeeping force to ride shotgun on vessels transiting the Indian Ocean.
The International Chamber of Shipping, BIMCO, Intertanko and Intercargo have stated that the crisis ‘is spiraling out of control’.
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