Although technical devices do play a positive role in the early and efficient detection of pirates and other threats or hazards, it is vital that crew are clued up on how to use them in an emergency situation It is perhaps significant that the head of IMO’s maritime security section, Chris Trelawny, believes that at present, too much focus is centred on the use of technology to ensure security both on ships and around ports. Greater emphasis, he says, needs to be placed on the three &lsqu....

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