"Regulations reducing MOB situations by one person per million man hours worked" are not the issue. The issue is that cargo ships are lawless and working on on

"Regulations reducing MOB situations by one person per million man hours worked" are not the issue. The issue is that cargo ships are lawless and working on one of these ships, you have zero legal rights. Nothing prevents ship operators from engaging in stuff ranging from not providing adequate staff levels and PPE, to wage theft, to human rights abuses like retaining people's passports / denying them shore leave / consular access. Need medical care? Tough shit. Don't want to work 100 hours? Guess you're not getting lunch today. Life for a lot of these guys is barely a step above indentured servitude. Nobody cares. The spice must flow.