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Clipper opts for armed Russian marines onboard Somali transits
Owner puts guards on vessels as part of growing but previously unpublicised trend
Craig Eason and David Osler - Friday 6 November 2009
DENMARK’S Clipper Group is carrying up to six Russian marines at a time onboard some of its vessels for transit through the Gulf of Aden, in what appears to be the first publicly acknowledged instance of a private sector shipowner using military forces to protect vessels against piracy in the region.
Other governments are making armed forces...
