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Usually they are scared of retaliation in their home countries. If they weren't going to ultimately be returned to their port of origin I'm sure more would just

by R0b0t1 5y ago

Usually they are scared of retaliation in their home countries. If they weren't going to ultimately be returned to their port of origin I'm sure more would just abandon the ships at first sign of trouble. It'd be better if they did, really, as then it would cause authorities in the port countries to pierce the veil and shake down the owners.

trhway 5y ago
Never heard that being an issue. As long as the crew is sticking together. Back in 199x my father worked on a fish trawling fleet which consisted of a former USSR ships "privatized" by a "New Russian" businessman. The fleet at various times - depending on success/failure of negotiations with whatever warlord would happen to control given territory on a given morning - was based at various places in Mozambique and Somali. The fleet owner having no laws over him and being otherwise very shrewd and unscrupulous and being perfectly able to reach say our family in Russia (though that would really be against his interests) had never even delayed payments to the crew as that would mean angering 20-30 able bodied men who are in control of one of his ships in a place with practically no laws (and with the crews of the other ships definitely not in support of the owner on that issue).
- R0b0t1 5y ago
  That is what I would expect considering the time period and nationality of your story. But, the material that exploded in that one port was there because a Russian businessman abandoned his crew. It is sad, shows there is some deterioration of social fabric in Russia. The good news is the legal system of their home country is functioning enough they were not punished for it. If you have crew from the middle east it is possible they will be tried in a kangaroo court for some weird theft charges related to abandoning the ship.

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Usually they are scared of retaliation in their home countries. If they weren't going to ultimately be returned to their port of origin I'm sure more would just

by R0b0t1 5y ago

trhway 5y ago
Never heard that being an issue. As long as the crew is sticking together. Back in 199x my father worked on a fish trawling fleet which consisted of a former USSR ships "privatized" by a "New Russian" businessman. The fleet at various times - depending on success/failure of negotiations with whatever warlord would happen to control given territory on a given morning - was based at various places in Mozambique and Somali. The fleet owner having no laws over him and being otherwise very shrewd and unscrupulous and being perfectly able to reach say our family in Russia (though that would really be against his interests) had never even delayed payments to the crew as that would mean angering 20-30 able bodied men who are in control of one of his ships in a place with practically no laws (and with the crews of the other ships definitely not in support of the owner on that issue).
- R0b0t1 5y ago
  That is what I would expect considering the time period and nationality of your story. But, the material that exploded in that one port was there because a Russian businessman abandoned his crew. It is sad, shows there is some deterioration of social fabric in Russia. The good news is the legal system of their home country is functioning enough they were not punished for it. If you have crew from the middle east it is possible they will be tried in a kangaroo court for some weird theft charges related to abandoning the ship.