Sub-standard ships and human costs of piracy : the case of Captain Prem Kumar

• Main Author: Bateman, Sam
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94685; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8036
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The human costs of piracy off the Horn of Africa are mounting with an escalating level of violence and shipowners unwilling to pay higher ransoms while operating sub-standard ships. As the plight of Captain Prem Kumar demonstrates, innocent seafarers suffer most.