US-flagged ocean automobile transport vessels could be under less of a risk of attack by pirates and hijacking if you believe the conclusions reached by a recent academic study on the subject? Apparently, some geniuses over at the University of Greenwich gathered together all the relevant data they could find on the subject and put it through a detailed statistical analysis.
What did the scientists conclude? According to the analysis of the scientists in question ocean car hauling vessels flying a United States flag might be less attractive to the pirates in the Gulf of Eden. Why would the pirates be less interested in trying to take US-flagged vessels? According to the scientists it could have something to do with the strong presence of the US Navy in the Gulf of Eden.
This of course makes perfect sense if the pirates have been evolving the strategies and tactics they use in their operations, which has been suggested could be the case in the past. The pirates are in a battle for their lives and the lives of their loved ones in many cases, despite what many might believe, and we can certainly expect them to be just as intelligent and adaptable to circumstances and their environment as all humans in a survival situation.
Statistically, according to the conclusions reached by the statistical analysis of the scientists over in Greenwich, it could be more likely for ocean car transporters registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Bahamas, to see pirates trying to board their vessel while traveling through the Gulf of Eden.
Shipowneres are intelligent as well, if slow to react at times, and we can certainly expect shipowners to catch wind of this statistical trend and possibly look at registering their ocean car shipping vessels under the flags of the countries that according to the numbers might have less risk of attack by pirates.
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