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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 10 > The shipping life: few frills and bolder, better pirates Warship, negotiators shadow Somali pirates with U.S. hostage

The shipping life: few frills and bolder, better pirates Warship, negotiators shadow Somali pirates with U.S. hostage

By Mitch Stacy By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Matt Apuzzo / The Bulletin
April 10, 2009

TAMPA, Fla. — Merchant mariners have always endured hard labor, monotony and the threat of pirates for the adventure of life at sea, but the vocation has grown more dangerous with the times.

Crew members on cargo ships describe living in close quarters for months at a time with few....

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