Japanese operators trading to Africa want to see a navy-protected system similar to that in the Gulf of Aden.
Japanese shipowners are calling for urgent protection for the merchant fleet trading to Kenya and Tanzania in response to the hijacking of the 20,200-dwt bulkerIzumi (built 2006) earlier this month and amid concerns of heightened piracy activity in the region.
In a letter from Japan Shipowners’ Association (JSA) chairman Koji Miyahara to Sumio Mabuchi, government minister for the department of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Miyahara says the region is in need of increased policing.
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