Hijacking fears are overcoming trepidation about 'hired guns', as owners scramble to employ private security for Indian Ocean transits. 'The sentiment has swung very dramatically in just the past few months as impatience with the piracy issue continues to grow," US Coast Guard Admiral Kevin Cook told the CMA conference. But BIMCO chief security officer Giles Noakes voiced concern about the surging popularity of this strategy.
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