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Aryavansh Shukla

The new version of BMP has been just released and it is more or less on lines of the earlier version with some minor changes.

The methodology remain reliance on Navy escorts and assistance mainly monitor and deter methodology. (more…)

Have been out for quite some time and glad to be back to ponder over this new twist to the tale.

Was going through the latest edition of Maritime London this morning and see the that Lords EU committee on money laundering and terrorism want to make payment of ransom money illegal if the money falls into hands of terrorist organisation…

I presume onus of proof of money falling into terrorist hands will be on the owners or party making ransom payments- this seems a bit farfetched and irrational.

How does one know if the money paid will fall into terrorist hands or not or how does a ship owner know and further more how does he prove it one way or another; It may be a daunting task in best of fiscal regimes and in Somalia…. (more…)

The recent spurt in piracy of Somalia has evoked heated debates and some action last seen Maersk Alabama. The Masters act was commendable no doubt so were the US marines or navy – the whole episode ended with Bar B Que and beers.

But this is not the usual scenario- usually the vessel with lower profile and backing end up hijacked held hostage – negotiations -and usually hush hush ransom is paid – often running into millions of dollars. There is no single business where so much money can be earned with so little effort- the result the hijacker get stronger and bolder with each ransom paid. This can be amply seen in their area of operations which is slowly increasing to cover as much as 450 nautical miles from the base line. (more…)

The world current known energy sources are finite.

It is a matter of time before they exhaust themselves leaving our children in eternal darkness (after sunset).

Imagine a world where modes of transport as we know them -cannot run all wrecks. Also the cooking- heating- powered etc all affected.

Years ago in mid 80 when I was in Sierra Leone the country had no supply of fuel for a short span of time ( about a month) and streets/roads petrol pumps etc had cars- cars and more cars. The cars died when and where they exhausted their fuel. The sight was ugly – the problem then temporary (bad logistics) and had a solution to it. (more…)