中文摘要：

当船舶航经海盗猖獗的高危海区时,部分船长因为社会环境、文化背景等原因,不能充分行使船长的决定权进行有效的防抗海盗部署工作,从而导致船舶被海盗袭击或劫持的事件时有发生。通过分析SOLAS公约中的＂船长决定权＂,对比数例船舶在亚丁湾防抗海盗的成功与失败的案例,论述船长在防抗海盗中应果断地行使其决定权。指出船长在防抗海盗中只有把安全放在首位,充分利用各种资源,周密准备,积极地申请护航,才有可能确保船舶及船员的安全。

英文摘要：

Due to social environment, cultural background and some other factors, some captains fail to exercise the decision making power completely in resisting pirate attack, when vessels sailing in high risk sea areas of piracy, which leads the vessels to be attacked or hijacked, This paper points out that Captains should resolutely exert their decision making power in anti-piracy on the basis of the decision making power of ship masters authorized in SOLAS Convention and the analysis of several successful/ unsuccessful anti pirate cases happening in Yading Gulf. It stresses that only when the safety is given the highest priority, making careful preparation and full use of resources and actively applying convoy for anti-piracy, the safety of ships and the crew can be ensured.