A ship left from Australia to the Philippines and had to warn its passengers for a step with a pirate alarm. Among the measures, curtains were also asked to close.
The luxury ship Queen Anne de Cunard offers a film experience with a peculiar order for their passengers: notify them when they go through a Pirate alert zone and Ask them to take precaution. It was a trip made from Australia to the Philippines, in the middle of which it was warned about the passage through an area of threats.
The passengers went up in Darwin, Australia, to go to Manila, the Philippines. In the middle of the trip, they passed By the Sulu-Célebes sea where the crew warned that this area andknown “for the threatened piracy”. The precautionary measures included: the closing of the outer cover from nine o’clock at night to five in the morning, the prohibition of abandoning the cabins and the ignition of the roof lights to reduce the external lighting of the ship.
A cruise asked his passengers to turn off the shrimp lights and stay alert when passing through a pirate zone
The captain requested the turn of the lights and close the curtains. In the event that it produced an emergency, they would issue clear instructions such as:
- Go to your cabins.
- Those who have a window or balcony should go to the hall outside their cabin, making sure the door remains closed.
- Those who are in an inner cabin must remain inside during the alarm signal.
- Under no circumstances should be directed to the roof or about any exterior window.
Finally, it was emphasized that “the safety and protection of the ship, all guests and crew on board” was the “highest priority.” “I assure you that Measures to prevent any unlikely incident have been well planned, and The probability that this will happen on a large ship like Queen Anne is absolutely minimal”He concluded.
Queen Anne ship
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Sources close to this cruise explained to Business Insider that “as part of standard maritime procedures”, the Captains make caution ads when it goes through certain areas. On this occasion, they said that “the experience on board remained without interruptions.”
He number of ships attacked by pirates worldwide recorded an increase in 2023, With a first kidnapping since 2017 in Somalia, according to the latest plent reporte pirate and armed robbery prepared by the International Maritime Office (IMBfor its acronym in English). In total, 120 incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships were counted.
Source: Ambito
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