Shipping company's warning over piracy

A DUTCH-NORWEGIAN company has threatened to ditch Netherlands registration if its ships are not allowed private guards to fend off pirates.

By The Newsroom

Published 8th Jun 2011, 17:15 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2011, 23:57 BST

Dockwise urged the Dutch government to remove legal impediments to fighting piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.