Are Cruise Ships Safe From Pirates

Piracy does still happen -- in 2005 a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia was hit with grenades in a failed hijacking attempt or as the FBI calls it an attempted vessel conversion.

Are cruise ships safe from pirates. To The Point Cruise Line is excited to offer the ultimate adventure cruise along the pirate-infested coast of Somalia. There have been no pirate attacks on cruise ships in at least five years but despite this cruise ships have not stopped taking precautions when traveling in areas previously known for pirate. Pirates of the past like the infamous Blackbeard and Captain Hook have been sensationalized by movies and books such as the Pirates of The Caribbean series starring Johnnie Depp and some were even sponsored by countries.

Mr Pellegrino said all MSC cruise ships were staffed with Israeli security agents because they are the best trainedThis is not the first attack on a cruise liner. We are no longer referring to the Jack. The number of attacks has grown fivefold since the late 1980s from 50 a year to more than 250 in each of.

Piracy is defined as the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea typically involving violence. How cruise ships prepare for pirate attacks. But its important to know this.

Personally I wont be surprised if cruise ships start carrying professional security staff when cruising in the Gulf of Aden. The International Maritime Organization reported in February that pirates were holding 685 crew and 30 ships for ransom along the Somali Coast. While pirates may be something considered the stuff of fairytales rather than real life it has recently been revealed that all major cruise lines have serious protocols in place to protect.

Some of the most popular tourist and sight-seeing destinations in the world require cruise ships to transit through high-risk waters and for tour operators to travel through high-risk and uncertain areas on land. But its safe to sail he said. Piracy along the Somalia coast is common several ships a month are attacked or hijacked.

Seabourn Cruises ships have been chased twice by pirates. A vessel was attacked off Liberia but there have been no incidents to the north of this and Senegal and the Cape Verde islands remain relatively safe. Saturday Silver Spirit competed its transit of the Gulf of Aden a region notorious for pirates who attack and hijack ships with incidents recently escalating.