Tom Hanks new film "Captain Philips"

[cappy]

some of the crews about in the 50s and 60s would as already said been more than a match for the pirates ......lying in the shat el arab waiting to go into basra with cement ...some tried to come aboard ....but being forwarned a watch copped for them and one or two were dropped in the river with great delight that would be 1958 happy days

[happy daze john in oz]

Piracy in some form or another has been going on since man first went to sea. There was an odd case couple of years ago, sailing ship called into an Indonesian port. Owner arrested as he had a rifle on board, when he said it was to keep pirates at bay he was informed that no such people existed in that part of the world. He was allowed to sail, minus the rifle.
But pirates are not restricted to the sea, on shore we have used car salesmen, double glazing salesmen, bank managers, mortgage brokers, etc....

[Keith Tindell]

I have just been to watch the film in the cinema(first time for many years ), was a very entertaining film, and the scenes of them boarding the ship was well fimed. There is a firm here in the South that has produced a device to stop the boarding ladders and grapnels, it is a form of guardrail that drops outboard some distance from the ship, be interesting to see a demo regards KT

[robpage]

A married couple have invented a simple way to stop pirates hijacking ships this is set to earn them £1million and the gratitude of sailors the world over.
Teresa Stevens dreamed up a plastic barrier to fit over ships’ rails and make it impossible for anyone to board from another vessel.
Together with her husband David she runs a company specialising in maritime security and the pair are celebrating after the crime-busting design put them on course to turn over £1million in their first year.

The design is a large plastic P shape which is fitted over the railings of ships and hangs over them.
It works by making it impossible for pirates to board boats by throwing ladders and grappling hooks because they can't over the ledge it forms.
After an arduous development process the Stevens called in their local unit if marines Royal Marines to try and board a ship protected with Guardian Anti-Piracy barriers - after 2 hours they gave up and the design was declared a success.

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It is has now been fitted on more than 100 ships and in May this year saved it's first would-be victims when pirates attempted to storm a container ship of the coast of Nigeria.
Mrs Stevens said: 'The pirates came up to the ship and were harassing it for close to an hour I think, trying to board it but they couldn't.
'In the end they got so frustrated that they shot the lifeboat to pieces but they couldn't get any further than that, we learned later that they took another ship in the same location just two hours later - obviously that one didn't have any protection.
'The chief security officer contacted us to say they were very happy because it saved the ship and that meant the crew members were safe.

'That is absolutely why we do it, it was great to get that validation because it makes you think all that effort developing and designing, those years of hard work and living on the poverty line was worth it.'
The units appear to made from plastic but are in fact a compound UV package which makes it denser and stronger than any plastic used in any marine environment to date.
Crucially it does not fall apart under fire and is fixed to the rails so it also screens the crew from incoming pirates enabling them to stay out of sight and get to safety.
They can also be removed in sections making them easy to move in and out when they ships enter ports and need to allow people off but still keep stoaways and thieves out.
They retail for £110 and most ships require between 65 and 100 units to cover all their exposed areas meaning that relative to the value of the ships they protect the barriers are hugely cost effective.
Mrs Stevens, a former chef, works alongside her husband David at their firm Marine and Auto Security Solutions in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire.
She said that they realised after focusing their efforts on trying to remove pirates from ships that the real key was to make it impossible for them to get on board in the first place.
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Success: The barriers have already been installed on 100 ships and the company is set to make £1million turnover in it's first year of trading
She added: 'We were working on anti-piracy and my husband came up with a way of remotely controlling a ship.
'But our customers wanted something to stop pirates getting on board in the first place, so we thought of things like ways to blast the pirates with chilli oil and other things.
'It suddenly occurred to me to put a huge plastic P over the rail to prevent the ladders and grappling hooks gripping.'
The most common way pirates take control of ships is to sling ropes and roof ladders around the outdoor railings and then, often at night, climbing up.

Royal Marines vs the Guardian Anti-Piracy Barrier...

But the Stevens' device has a wide plastic top which means its hooks cannot grab on.
The success they have had so far means that they save the shipping industry millions and thwart an increasingly common problem that endangers the lives of seamen all over the world.
Mrs Stevens added: “We tested it with Royal Marines at a local maritime school and they couldn’t get on.
'We even tied a rope on but because of the shape of the barrier, the marines could not get past the overhang.
'They tried for two hours and had to give up and it was really put through its paces in the Gulf.
'Now we have put it on probably 100 ships and are in talks with an oil rig company to supply them, as they’re based off the coast of Africa an the rig and their ships get attacked by pirates regularly.'
Not ones to rest on their laurels, the Stevens are now working on developing a range of different sizes and shapes to protect other marine installations at threat from piracy.


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[Colin Hawken]

One thing is for sure,if the Royal Marines couldn't do it,nobody can. Brilliant.

[John Arton]

Such a simple solution to the problem. Good luck to them.
As has been said in other posts piracy and theft has long been around in one form or another. I sailed with a Captain who had served his time and up to 2nd Mate in Brocklebanks and he was telling me how the thieves just to climb up the anchor cable in order to gain access when they were anchored in the rivers in India and Pakistan.
One night when he was 2nd mate the fwd watchman alerted him to one of them climbing up the anchor cable. They waited until he was just climbing out of the hawse and then wacked him with a bit of 2 x 4. He fell back down the hawse and got lodged there. They tried pushing him down and out but all that did was jam him tighter so eventually they just walked the anchor back until he was spat out of the hawse, then they just heaved it back in and washed the blood and guts off the cable. Cruel, most likely but the guy was armed with a large knife and had he succeeded in boarding perhaps he would have attacked and injured anyone who challenged him.
rgds
JA

[j.sabourn]

Think I will give this movie a miss. Have no inclination to watch a Hollywood version of a merchant vessel be it now or yesteryear. See ships every night in my dreams, only wish could dream of more salubrious things, such as the dance of the seven veils or something. John Sabourn

[happy daze john in oz]

Think I will give this movie a miss. Have no inclination to watch a Hollywood version of a merchant vessel be it now or yesteryear. See ships every night in my dreams, only wish could dream of more salubrious things, such as the dance of the seven veils or something. John Sabourn

You need toi switch your barin to a different chanel before turning in.

[cappy]

You need toi switch your barin to a different chanel before turning in.

learn something different every day .....please tell me where is my bleedin barin .......have I been missing out

[cappy]

Such a simple solution to the problem. Good luck to them.
As has been said in other posts piracy and theft has long been around in one form or another. I sailed with a Captain who had served his time and up to 2nd Mate in Brocklebanks and he was telling me how the thieves just to climb up the anchor cable in order to gain access when they were anchored in the rivers in India and Pakistan.
One night when he was 2nd mate the fwd watchman alerted him to one of them climbing up the anchor cable. They waited until he was just climbing out of the hawse and then wacked him with a bit of 2 x 4. He fell back down the hawse and got lodged there. They tried pushing him down and out but all that did was jam him tighter so eventually they just walked the anchor back until he was spat out of the hawse, then they just heaved it back in and washed the blood and guts off the cable. Cruel, most likely but the guy was armed with a large knife and had he succeeded in boarding perhaps he would have attacked and injured anyone who challenged him.
rgds
JA

they don't like it upem