The year of shipping dangerously

Nazery Khalid, of the Maritime Institute of Malaysia, looks back on a traumatic year for merchant shipping and proposes several ways to buttress maritime security to secure the major shipping lanes

2008: Annus horrendus

There are good years, there are bad years and there are horrible years. For seafarers and sailors, 2008 will remain long in their memories as one of the most awful years as far as their security at sea is concerned.