A conference on piracy has highlighted a gap in security within port limits.
As an example, the high-level conference in the Seychelles referred to the pirate attack on the chemical tanker Fairchem Bogey.
It was hijacked within Salalah port limits little more than two weeks ago by Somali pirates.
Dom Mee, president of Protection Vessels International (PVI), told the South Asian African Regional Ports Security Co-operative (SAAPRSCO) conference: "The recent hijacking in port waters in Oman and other similar attacks serves to remind us of the increasing threat posed to shipowners and operators when they are effectively under the jurisdiction of port state control."
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