Essay On Captain Phillips

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Krishawn Wilson
Professor Zerda
PSC 201
1 October 2017
Captain Phillips Captain Phillips is a movie about the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking. Richard Phillips was the captain of the container ship and was ordered to to sail through the Gulf of Aden to Mombasa, Kenya. Aware of the pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa, he and First Officer Shane Murphy order strict security precautions on the vessel and carry out practice drills. During one of their drills, they are chased by Somali pirates inside of two small boats. The pirates soon are able to board the boat and take control over it. In command of the pirates is a man named Abduwali Muse. While on the ship, Phillips tells his crew to hide in the engine room and allows himself to be captured. He offers Muse $30,000 that was stored in the ship's safe, but Muse's orders was strictly to ransom the ship and crew in exchange for millions of dollars of insurance money from the shipping company. The crew was soon able to take control back over the ship but the pirates …show more content…

Constitution, Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 10. The article states, “ To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations. Piracy laws have been put into effect due to similar situations when pirates try to hijack a ship. However these laws are not that strong. The American Government should do a better job at making sure that we have protection for any of our vessels that are traveling in international waters. The vessels should be protected and monitored at all times. For example, If the United States has a ship out in international waters, they should have them within miles of a navy ship, this way if something goes wrong, members of the navy can come and save them. The ship should give a location update every thirty to forty minutes by the Captain of the ship. In order to make sure

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