Bimco: EU, China and US must do more to counter piracy

Shipowners organisation Bimco has urged the EU, US and China to do more to combat the rising scourge of piracy off West Africa.

About 40 ships have been attacked in the Gulf of Guinea in the past 12 months.

“We look towards the EU, China and the United States to join forces and deploy naval capacity in the Gulf of Guinea to end this constant threat to seafarers,“ Jakob Larsen, Bimco head of maritime security said.