Acknowledgements
This is a work of fiction – it is not a manual on how to hijack a car carrier or a container ship. For this reason, I have deliberately omitted or altered some security procedures that would take place on a merchant ship in the event of an attack by pirates.
Researching this book was no easy task, as maritime security has increased considerably in these terror-prone times we live in. It was only with considerable amounts of goodwill on the part of a number people that I was even able to set foot on a merchant ship.
Thanks to my very good friend Elizabeth Berrill, Group Media Manager, Wallem Group, and Simon Doughty, Managing Director of Wallem Shipping, Hong Kong, I was able to gain access to the Pure Car and Truck Carrier, the MV Hoegh Africa, when she was in port in S
