Originally Posted by Traveler

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.