‘We are not the solution’ to piracy, says Somalia coalition navy chief

Royal Navy officer urges owners of ships in Gulf of Aden to look at funding private security measures

David Osler - Thursday 25 September 2008

COALITION navies have privately been stung by shipping industry criticism of their work to prevent piracy in Somalia, according to the deputy commander of the task force charged with the task.

In a frank interview with Lloyd’s List, the Royal Navy’s Keith Winstanley insisted that the merchant shipping industry should realise that, to s...

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