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information built up over the years that no other data provider has access to. We assist our members to identify red flags, thus safeguarding their interests and protecting the integrity of trade. How much of your work is about piracy prevention? We get lots of shipowners, governments and academia asking about piracy hotspots but it’s something we do because we believe it is only right to safeguard the seafarers that move trade – we all depend on it. The Piracy Reporting Centre is based in Malaysia and the service is provided completely free of cost and subsidized via industry funding. Our Q1 piracy report shows there has been a slight resurgence in Somali piracy, which we haven’t seen in many years. The robust actions of the Navies, whom we work closely with, resulted in several pirates being captured and ships being freed.
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