1. Repel boarders.
- Author
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Hadfield, Peter
- Subjects
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PIRATES , *SECURITY systems , *PREVENTION of cargo theft , *STATISTICS , *COMMERCIAL policy , *COMMERCE - Abstract
Reports on an increase of piracy in the waters of South-East Asia and what Japanese shipping companies are doing to prevent it. Techniques utilized by pirates to get on board the freighters; Statistics regarding the number of attacks and amount of ships that are adequately protected against them; Details regarding security systems that are being developed, including 'Tiger's Gate,' a system that can detect when grappling hooks are thrown on deck.
- Published
- 2000