If anyone knows and can source answers ...
re: merchant ships (excluding warships); some answers would have to be averages:
1. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) - total
2. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) not on Great Lakes
3. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) on India Ocean
4. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) in "Somali Piracy Zone"
5. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) attacked by Somali pirates
6. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) seized by Somali pirates
7. US-flagged vessels (number & tonnage) still held by Somali pirates
Next set of questions - same 7, but for All-World flagged vessels
Make sure you count the 50+ flagged by Outer Mongolia. :D
Ran into that one while looking generally at flagged vessels. I didn't find answers to my questions. I probably was not looking in the right places.
TIA
Mike
Maybe an answer: If anyone knows and can source answers ...
JMM,
Without using Google I would suggest Lloyds List and the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), may have the answers in their publications.
What are the pirates doing that is harmful to the society of Somalia?
Motorfirebox,
A good question and I expect it may have appeared before here, though not asked so directly.
My initial reaction is their activity is negative for two reasons. First, criminal activity which is successful tends to lead to more people become involved and local order breaks down. I speculate that the role of clan elders, previously the key factor in Somali society, is further eroded and as most pirates are from the younger generation further pressures on survival of tradition mount.
Secondly, the impact on the outside world. For a number of reasons, which pre-date piracy, even the collapse of governance and famine, Somalia is not a place that gets help and piracy magnifies that.
Then a local factor - here in the UK - the flow of genuine ethnic Somalis into the UK can cause its own problems and to date IMHO has shown few gains for society. Piracy and the steady slide into oblivion in Somali (not Somaliland) contributes to the country emptying and dying. Sad, but true.