
Recent extensive media coverage of events on the high seas has shown that maritime piracy remains a prevalent threat in some areas. An excellent report by the ICC International Maritime Bureau has assessed the instances locations and methods of piracy attacks for 2008 and provides a good overview of the issues worldwide. It is worth noting its contents – because if any of your business, or that of your suppliers, passes through the locations detailed in the report – then they are potentially at risk. You can access the report
here via the ARC Website.