True, real-life pirates near the Somalia area have been attacking trade ships going to and from the Suez Canal. Shipments of video games are just some of the items stolen in these pirate raids.
The pirate activity in the area has gotten so bad that some companies are considering tacking on an additional 5,000 miles of travel for a safer detour. As it stands, a trip from India to the UK hits close to 7,200 miles going through the Canal, a safer route would be upwards of 12,300 miles of travel. This "safe" route would find shipping boats traveling down and around Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
This would lead to higher fuel costs, more wear and tear on the ships, and slower delivery times.
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Apparently pirates in the vicinity of Somalia have been stepping up attacks on trade ships beyond the Horn of Africa into the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, imperiling access to the Suez Canal. Those attacks are up from one every few weeks to four in a single day, according to Sam Dawson of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), speaking to Reuters. "This is not just guys in little fishing boats anymore," says Dawson. "We know there are three probably ex-Soviet trawlers acting as mother ships."(...)
"Despite all the publicity over piracy it will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven't got their Nintendo gifts this Christmas," Dawson told Reuters.
"Nintendo gifts" is probably a catch-all for "video games" in this particular case."Despite all the publicity over piracy it will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven't got their Nintendo gifts this Christmas," Dawson told Reuters.
The pirate activity in the area has gotten so bad that some companies are considering tacking on an additional 5,000 miles of travel for a safer detour. As it stands, a trip from India to the UK hits close to 7,200 miles going through the Canal, a safer route would be upwards of 12,300 miles of travel. This "safe" route would find shipping boats traveling down and around Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
This would lead to higher fuel costs, more wear and tear on the ships, and slower delivery times.
Source (via Gamepolitics)
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