The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family novel Chapter 3555

Charlie then asked again, “So, are there frequent pirate activities in the Gulf of Aden now?"

"Yes. Very frequent." Autumn explained, "The pirate activities there have never stopped. The more popular the ocean shipping industry is, the more active they are. They will hijack a merchant ship, and they will detain the ship and then demand a ransom from the shipowner. It would usually start from at least a few million US dollars and sometimes, it would even go up to tens of millions of US dollars. The shipowner would not dare to refuse to give the money as it would be a waste of time and money for them to go back and forth. If you waste the money for a trip, you might lose tens of millions of US dollars or even hundreds of millions of US dollars' worth of freight income. So now, the shipowners have begun attaching great importance to international security, and almost all large merchant ships will spend this money."

As she spoke, Autumn then said again, "By the way, after the incorporation of Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group, we have begun to send ships normally, and we will also purchase international security services for our own ships."

When Charlie heard this, he asked, "Do you know anything about the current international security companies? Where are their bases generally located?"

Autumn said, "Right now, there are at least three hundred international security companies in the global shipping market. Of course, the highest demand for armed escorts is based in the Gulf of Aden. So, everyone is setting up coastal bases in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea coast. Some would even buy an old ship for transformation and transform it into a sea base that is capable of making helicopter landings and take-offs. The entire market i s mostly in the hands of the British now, followed by the United States, and relatively few in Asia. In terms o f pricing, the Western escort companies are a bit more expensive compared to the Eastern ones, and their market acceptance is also higher."

"I understand." Charlie nodded and said, "Autumn, please send me all the information of all our ships at this stage."

At this moment, Charlie had already made up his mind to let Ten Thousand Armies forcefully and strongly cut into the market of armed escorts. Since the British could take up more than half of the share, the Oskians could naturally do the same.

Since he had made up his mind to do it, he had to grasp both the ground and sea bases. On one hand, he wanted Porter to find a way to establish bases on the coast of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and other countries, and on the other hand, he also had to prepare for the sea bases. So, Charlie intended to give all the information of the ships of Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group to Porter so that he could select the most