Although it has some power in the market, the ACP is no monopolist, able tohold the world's shipping lines toransom.
尽管运河管理局拥有一些市场支配力,可以决定世界航运线的畅通与否,却并不是一家独大。
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When Anderson told Vansant the car was in her driveway, "It sounded real fishy at first, like maybe she wanted tohold the thing for ransom, " Vansant said.
They hold the crews hostage with machine-guns and semi-automatic pistols, then force the captain to anchor off the northern part of Somalia’s coast for several weeks until a ransom is paid.