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ANNEX 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Group wishes to record its gratitude to:
The United Kingdom Department of Transport (British Merchant Shipping Notice No. M 1517 - Piracy and armed robbery);
The United States Department of Energy (Piracy: The Threat to Tanker Traffic (September 1992));
The International Shipping Federation (Pirates and Armed Robbers A Master's Guide);
The International Maritime Bureau (Data and statistics on piracy and armed robbery); and
The Singapore National Shipping Association (Statistics on piracy and armed robbery),
for allowing some of the statistics and recommendations in the above publications to be culled for this report.
The Group is also indebted to the Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and to their respective Embassy and High Commissions in London for their assistance in arranging the Group's trip to the Malacca Strait area and for the co-operation extended to members of the Group during their stay in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Thanks are also expressed to IMB's Regional Piracy Centre for briefing the Group while in Kuala Lumpur.
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