The Glencore Navy – Glencore, one of the large names in the commodity markets, and a major shipping operator in its own right, using various trading names, have a great deal of experience with the question of piracy.    A Private army” backed by Glencore Chairman (Simon Murray) is set to begin anti-piracy operations off Somalia in the next few months under the name Typhon.    The Typhon website says very little (very little indeed) other than the tag line “Marine Convoy Protection” From March this year (2013) Typhon should have started protecting ships off in the region with at least three vessels to support convoys and have around 240 former marines and other service personnel employed (according to the Sunday Times).   According to a promotional video: "The Typhon force will be the first of its kind for probably 200 years and will protect private shipowners assets at sea”.