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Pirates find rich pickings in Asian shipping lanes
(The Guardian)
February 2, 2001
Russell Barling Guardian
The Global Mars, an ageing, modest-sized tanker bound for India with 6,000 tonnes of palm oil products, was making good time.
After 20 hours of watching her bow cut a path from Port Kelang in Malaysia through the busy waters of the Malacca Strait, the Burmese pilot's focus had begun to waver. He had already weaved his way through the ...... Read more on The Guardian
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