Anger and exasperation. About 100 carriers and shipping companies signed a petition on May 18 calling on the international community to urgently address the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. This area now concentrates almost all cases of piracy and violence. In 2020, 130 crew kidnappings for ransom demand out of the 135…...
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