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Do you get some extra payment for sailing in these waters, compared to people on other VLCCs from the same company that arent sailing in piracy ridden areas?

Do you feel safer on a VLCC than you would on for example a container ship or a PSV? (I have no idea which vessels are more lucrative for the pirates, but cargo from containers may actually be useful for them if they cant get a ransom for the ship and cargo, no?)

How many years have you been sailing as a deck officer, and what kind of vessels have you been sailing on?

Double daily salary sounds reasonable.

Thats a lot of ships for 4 years. 2 of them as cadet? Guessing you arent on 6 or 8 weeks on\off?

Got a year left on my education before I can start to sail as a deck cadet, and havent really decided what type of vessel I want to sail on. What type of vessel do you prefer?

The laws of the flag state the ship sails under decides wether they are allowed to carry firearms, hire armed guards etc.