On Apr 14, 6:41 pm, jps wrote:

They have 2500 ships a year from which to pick. They have little to
lose by escalating. The ship crews, owners and those using their
services have plenty to lose.


You left off a zero.

"The Gulf of Aden, which links the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the Indian
Ocean, is the shortest route from Asia to Europe and one of the world's
busiest shipping lanes, crossed by more than 20,000 ships each year."

http://news.aol.com/article/somali-p...e-since/426236

(one of many references)

Eisboch