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Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade
In this paper, three steps are made. First, an effort is made to show a consequential effect of maritime insecurity on seafarers and marine professionals; they are at risk of a complicated string of processes that impact their lives. Second, there is the risk to the environment and property. Third,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9358360/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41072-022-00121-w |
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author | Sackey, Anthony Djaba Lomotey, Bernard Sackey, Abigail Dede Lee, Raphael Ofosu-Dua Teye, Abraham Akwetey Quarcoo, Richmond Kennedy Bansah, John |
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description | In this paper, three steps are made. First, an effort is made to show a consequential effect of maritime insecurity on seafarers and marine professionals; they are at risk of a complicated string of processes that impact their lives. Second, there is the risk to the environment and property. Third, the economic cost of traditional maritime crimes is examined against the potential maritime trade expansion from implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Third, the policy and regulatory measures implemented in the region against piracy are assessed to propose additional measures for improvement. Essentially, the study deploys a case study approach with a three-year field observation over the Gulf of Guinea region and is supported by outcomes of various remote interviews, in addition to online surveys conducted over three months—findings are juxtaposed with the estimated cost of piracy and potential implications for policies driving economic advancement. The results showed inadequate maritime surveillance despite enormous legal frameworks amidst the current structures of regional and international corporations. The piracy cost is high and inevitable as a factor of insurance coverage passed onto end consumers. Response to piracy has been reactionary rather than proactive, as attacks have continued in territorial and offshore areas into 2021. The impact will be visible on AfCFTA post-COVID-19. The study highlights the need for a community-based approach to surveillance modelled after the community policing model currently implemented in Ghana. |
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spelling | pubmed-93583602022-08-09 Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade Sackey, Anthony Djaba Lomotey, Bernard Sackey, Abigail Dede Lee, Raphael Ofosu-Dua Teye, Abraham Akwetey Quarcoo, Richmond Kennedy Bansah, John J. shipp. trd. Original Article In this paper, three steps are made. First, an effort is made to show a consequential effect of maritime insecurity on seafarers and marine professionals; they are at risk of a complicated string of processes that impact their lives. Second, there is the risk to the environment and property. Third, the economic cost of traditional maritime crimes is examined against the potential maritime trade expansion from implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Third, the policy and regulatory measures implemented in the region against piracy are assessed to propose additional measures for improvement. Essentially, the study deploys a case study approach with a three-year field observation over the Gulf of Guinea region and is supported by outcomes of various remote interviews, in addition to online surveys conducted over three months—findings are juxtaposed with the estimated cost of piracy and potential implications for policies driving economic advancement. The results showed inadequate maritime surveillance despite enormous legal frameworks amidst the current structures of regional and international corporations. The piracy cost is high and inevitable as a factor of insurance coverage passed onto end consumers. Response to piracy has been reactionary rather than proactive, as attacks have continued in territorial and offshore areas into 2021. The impact will be visible on AfCFTA post-COVID-19. The study highlights the need for a community-based approach to surveillance modelled after the community policing model currently implemented in Ghana. Springer Nature Singapore 2022-08-08 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9358360/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41072-022-00121-w Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sackey, Anthony Djaba Lomotey, Bernard Sackey, Abigail Dede Lee, Raphael Ofosu-Dua Teye, Abraham Akwetey Quarcoo, Richmond Kennedy Bansah, John Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade |
title | Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade |
title_full | Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade |
title_fullStr | Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade |
title_full_unstemmed | Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade |
title_short | Delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on West African maritime trade |
title_sort | delineating the relationship between maritime insecurity and covid-19 pandemic on west african maritime trade |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9358360/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41072-022-00121-w |
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