Yah, I caught that just after I posted. (forehead slapping sound). Just the same, a choke point such as this with a high volume of traffic could be made safe. If the shippers are too cheap to provide security, the insurers should be doing at least that as well as pressuring maritime agencies to put their heads together. Having effective radar watches can catch approaching vessels from 50-100 miles distance. Coded ID could be issued the captains of every legitimate vessel in the area. Any boat attempting to appear as normal passing traffic without a code would be suspect. Problem is many ships travel at night on autopilot with no one at the helm or on radar or deck watch, being kept short-handed as an economy measure..