Re: "Poverty stirs turbulence in Asian waters"

<< This is some fairly heavy stuff, does anyone have any stories, first or
secondhand of any of htese types of incidents. >>

In her book, Fair Seafarer, ISBN 1-882593-20-0 (hc), ISBN 1-882593-50-2 (pb),
Nancy Allen, wife of a Sealand Chief Mate, tells of some pirate stories and how
they operate.

I'd recently heard of a new kind of ship pirate -- terrorists who would gain
control of a tankership, preferably a gas hauler, put it on autopilot, aiming
it for a harbor perhaps with petrochemical docks. Or something like that.

Bill in Texas