[heterosupremacist]

Why wasn’t the ship armed? If maritime law does not allow cruise ships to be armed, cruise lines should challenge such laws. If a ship is registered in the USA, for example - why don't they ask protection from the US Coast Guard while traveling in the waters between these pirate ports?

[j. earl carter]

If a ship is registered in the USA, for example

That's one of the problems. These ships are all registered in Panama. It's up to the Panama navy to defend them. The USA should have changed their laws long ago to allow the shipping companies to register their ships in the USA at a reasonable price. The money paid in registration fees to the US would buy the protection of the USN.

Of course, traveling in dangerous waters completely unarmed is also a series problem.