Danish shipping AP Moller-Maersk has accepted that armed security personnel are needed on its ships.
The decision to allow selective use of guards on some vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean comes after a thorough legal review, the Maritime Danmark website said.
The group-wide move was revealed in an email sent to masters by Maersk Tankers.
In it, Steffen Jacobsen, chief technical officer and vice president of the tanker unit, said slow or low-lying vessels would be most likely to carry guards.
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