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In the movie Captain Phillips, the US cargo ship Maersk Alabama, which is 508 feet long, over 80 feet wide, with a deadweight tonnage of over 35 million pounds, was attacked by Somali skiffs that are open hull boats about 30 feet long, with a narrow beam, usually weighing under 1,000 pounds. When you thinkContinue reading “Moral Piracy”