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I have a simple, historically used solutions to just this problem. Privateers (state sponsored piracy) AND Just use “Shadow Mines”: millions of unmarked sea mines surrounding Mongol - 
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“We have all the ingredients in the soup,” he said.
“We know many are in doubtful condition, they do not participate in inspection regimes, and some are very old and should be scrapped,” he said.
“There are very narrow straits with a lot of other traffic, the shadow fleet does not always have its automated identity signal on, or is transmitting misleading information.”
He pointed specifically to the increased risks in winter with many of the tankers not having ice-strengthened hulls, and the vessels’ crews not having any ice navigation experience.
“You can easily damage a vessel’s hull or propeller if you do not know what you are doing. Ice ridges can be three or four meters above the ice but may be 20 meters below the ice.
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Muscovite horde with no known country of origin. “We have all the ingredients in the soup,” he said.
“We know many are in doubtful condition, they do not participate in inspection regimes, and some are very old and should be scrapped,” he said.
“There are very narrow straits with a lot of other traffic, the shadow fleet does not always have its automated identity signal on, or is transmitting misleading information.”
He pointed specifically to the increased risks in winter with many of the tankers not having ice-strengthened hulls, and the vessels’ crews not having any ice navigation experience.
“You can easily damage a vessel’s hull or propeller if you do not know what you are doing. Ice ridges can be three or four meters above the ice but may be 20 meters below the ice.
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