197 attacks on ships by Somalian pirates in 2011 to 0 attacks in 2015<\/a>, government and private measures have successfully diminished and maybe even eradicated the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\nEven though attempted and successful attacks have dropped to zero, the cost of maintaining safe passageways around the Horn of Africa will continue to put economic pressure on shipping companies. Costly security improvements on board ships, demands for increased pay among crew members, and rises in insurance premiums have added to the cost of maritime shipping. Such increases have likely led to more expensive products for consumers as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pirates. When we think about them, most of us think of a bygone era when Jack Sparrow-esque characters sailed around the oceans under the skull and cross bones. Maritime piracy does, however, exist to this day. Since 2011, piracy has become less prevalent yet, its presence continue to have ramifications for global trade and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":804,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/804"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395\/revisions\/2404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}