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ISSN 2083-6473
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Prof. Tomasz Neumann
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TransNav, Faculty of Navigation
Gdynia Maritime University
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81-345 Gdynia, POLAND
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Influence of Pirates' Activities on Maritime Transport in the Gulf of Aden Region
1 Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland
ABSTRACT: Modern piracy is one of the items appearing on the seas, which has a great impact on maritime transport in many regions of the world. Changes that happened at the end of XX and beginning of XXI century became significant in the renaissance of piracy. The problem is present in many parts of the world but it become a real threat in year 2008 around a small country of Somalia and in the area called the Horn of Africa especially in the region of Gulf of Aden. Because international waters are very important for maritime transport so pirates? attacks have great influence over this transport and on international community.
KEYWORDS: Maritime Transport, Gulf of Aden, Piracy Problem, Off Somalia, Piracy Attack, Pirates Activity, Horn of Africa, Piracy Hot Spots
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Citation note:
Duda D., Wardin K.: Influence of Pirates' Activities on Maritime Transport in the Gulf of Aden Region. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 109-115, 2012
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