Captain of hijacked tanker is Polish

Wonder why the Saudis and other mid-east countries there aren't doing much.. this is happening right in their backyard..perhaps they are hoping these incidents will drive up the price of oil...

I agree. Most of the ship owners are quite cheap and only think of the economical impact on them. The cargo is insured so they dont care if it get seized, the crew... well they are replaceable. They real only worry would be to get their ship back in the end. I dont know if there is pirate insurance? lol


Because these ships, even though they are labeled as sailing under a particular country flag, arent really from there. So the ones getting caught in their waters are really foreign, and the middle east countries could care less. Lots of cargo companies are set up in africa/middle east for tax shelters.

I know several Polish cargo companies are set up in Liberia, only for tax benefits, while the crew is 75% Polish, rest Philipino.

that is a good point. Though the Saudis have always relied on the rest of the world to protect them. The only kick but coutry over there is Israel.

I wonder if the british will come to this poles rescue, just like we did in WW2

British aiding the Poles in WW2.. HAH, geeze what an idiot

After Poland had been overrun, a government-in-exile, an armed forces, and an intelligence service were established outside of Poland. These organisations contributed to the Allied effort throughout the war. As Poland never made a general surrender or produced a collaboratory puppet government, it was directly governed by a purely German administration know as the Generalgouvernement. This administration was in turn opposed by the Polish Underground State.

Poles provided important help to the Allies throughout the war. Some of these actions included the prewar and wartime decyphering of German Enigma machine codes by cryptologists Marian Rejewski and his colleagues; the service of the Polish Air Force, not only in the Allied victory in the Battle of Britain but also the subsequent war in the air; the defense of Tobruk; the capture of the German-held monastery hill of Monte Cassino; a role in the battle of the Falaise pocket; and an airborne brigade parachute drop during Operation Market Garden.

Get a life, you fool

It would be nice to see Poland defend thir own and kick some but and make some good news. Show something to the world Poland!!!

Why don,t you go....half an hour of listening to your yapping would cause anyone to surrender....

And thus the rover challenges noim to a duel

Yep..pistols at dawn....well maybe lunch time , i like to have a lie in....

Yeah they sure need help..

cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/19/somalia.pirates.boomtown.ap/index.html

"Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women -- even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages."

Something just doesn't seem right about this picture. Their wives' will do them in by their greed for more and more ......

LOL, is that all the poles did. ?

Not much ;)


I prefer a pork sword duel with jusytsia

sounds like a good job to me.

Somalia is not the only part of the world with problems with piracy. I've heard that Southeast Asia can be pretty rough too.

Somalia has many problems. In fact, there are more problems with Somalia than most places these days. If you want problems, go to Somalia. Actually, it's worse than that - if you want complete lawlessness, violence, rape, murder, religious extremists and pirates, then Somalia is the place to go. I wouldn't recommend it, but it seems that there would have to be quite an unlikely bunch of countries working together to be able to do anything about this highly troubled region.

yes there are pirates in the mallaca strait between indonesia and singapore. not as bad as in the past but still they are there

I like the solution given by the Indian Navy. They sank a pirate boat yesterday.

Aye mates I am going to command a pirate ship off the Polish coast and capture all the pretty Polish ladies . Of course my ship will be a luxury liner with an on board spa and all the necessities .

I don,t think girls have pork swords...its a man you are thinking of...probably constantly.....

I'm not one to start rumours, as you know, but it has crossed my time that Bartolome has been missing all the time since this oil tanker was hijacked. Arrrh

He has joined me as first mate on my ship off the poland coast.

It must be someone else then. I take no orders from anybody.

huh...we're not daft....they have the internet on ships

Anyway, I be off. Booty be awaitin' out thar, arrr.

Daisy first mate
Miranda annunciator
Justy doctor
wyspi deck hand
Polishgirltx quarter master
Krkow look out
There . How is that for the start of a great crew?

where are you getting this info? no merchant ship is armed.

A well known German cargo liner allows the captain to be armed, my source is a chief on the ship.

BBC states many ships cary small arms only

Can i be in charge of the heavy machine gun,....?

and the rocket launcher too! ANy suggestions on the cook?

oh there are a few on here that could do that job....there is one lady on the forum that would be ideal...not sure if she is a good cook...but who cares...she is lovely...