Ex-Marines Fighting Pirates as World Shipping Lanes Attacked
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About 1,000 former Royal Marines will be deployed by a British company next year to protect oil tankers and other vessels transiting the world’s most dangerous shipping lanes off East Africa.
Protection Vessels International Ltd. will add about 250 guards to its existing force of 750, said Managing Director Dom Mee. PVI is providing security for about 180 ships and has a 50 percent market share. An estimated 17 percent of ships in the Indian Ocean will have armed ex-marines next year, compared with 15 percent now, Mee said.