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Originally Posted by Speakeasy
Well, that just confuses things more. It's a Saudi owned ship, registered in Panama, run by a Dubai based company, comprised of an international crew, delivering products to customers in the US, hijacked by Somalis and being kept in Somali territory.
Maybe no one is doing anything about it because no one knows who the hell should do something about it?  |
Its the waters where the jurisdiction lays which is the problem in most cases but thankfully not for us, just for most other countries.
In this case thankfully its Dubai who would have jurisdictive authority to the property itself, the oil tanker because the company as i understand it is under the juridiction of the municipalities of the port authority of the respective emirate, in this case Dubai.
Its pirates and not held seige by a nation so it wouldn't result in a declaration of war or a violation of the maritime peace treaties which is a relief; otherwise things could get very messy and totally screw up all the other arrangements we currently have.