Unarmed guards foiled in chemtanker attack

David Osler - Monday 1 December 2008

THE credibility of unarmed guards for vessels in the Gulf of Aden has come under renewed question after Somalian pirates hijacked the chemical tanker Biscaglia in broad daylight, despite the presence of a team of British security personnel on board, writes David Osler.

To make matters worse, the owners say that the ship was within the Maritime Sec...