"...has the world come to this"? Maritime piracy has been around for centuries. Probably as long as there have been oceans and boats to travel on them. Unfortunately, this is nothing new.
i just saw that moving those cargo things is apparently dangerous enough (because of pirates) that its actually a discovery channel special now. I just watched an episode where they said between all the TVs and stuff they load onto some of those things its not that crazy to see a Billion Dollar load go out. and they also said that "Most" pirates dont even want the goods. What they want to do is kidnap membersl of the crew and hold them for ransom.
when you live in a 3rd world country noone has money to buy the cargo on the ships. the ransom usually gets paid, the pirates feed their famliys, life goes on
Lmao.. according to the TV show they are what they call "armed". Right.. they have hoses that spray people down with freezing water and can be strong enough to knock them off.. i mean. OK its better than nothing, but is that really the "best" they can think of...
I think the picture is throwing you off. Those ships are huge and the containers on the ships are huge. Probably multiple cars per container.
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