Doh! At the end of the article it does say that in a lot of cases due to international law the contractors toss their weapons over the side before entering certain ports. Hopefully they don’t have to transit back past the same areas. What a load of crap that is having to toss your weapons like that.
Put them in containers on a mooring that is reachable and pick them up on the way back out
Don’t toss the arms: use them as passports. Picture a fully armed unit moving to whatever passes as passport conrol. Nevermind, as much a foregone conclusion as the Dallas game Sunday. Couldn’t resist putting in a pitch for my team.
Indeed. But how is it NOT possible to hide a few AR-15s on a ship that size? The entire ship can't be searched to that kind of detail. A resourceful captain should be able to find dozens of possible hiding places. Hell, put them in a waterproof container and attach them to the hull well beneath the waterline. Or the same type of container hanging down inside the engine exhaust tower.
Or, as one commenter suggested...offload them onto a secure boat outside of port then retrieve them upon leaving.