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its not about hard power necessarily, but soft power. If the EU united politically and made these harassment attacks consequential then they would stop. E.g.
by willvarfar 2y ago
its not about hard power necessarily, but soft power. If the EU united politically and made these harassment attacks consequential then they would stop.
E.g. perhaps something along the lines of prison for captains who were 'derelict in duty', rewards to crews who grass and seizing ships that, by dragging anchors 'by accident', have proven themselves unseaworthy etc.
- benterix 2y agoI believe something like this will happen, sooner or later. For now, it's not easily to organize as the crew can always use the excuse "oh, this was unintentional" but charging them with the cost of repair plus additional penalty could be a good starting point.
- mschuster91 2y ago> but charging them with the cost of repair plus additional penalty could be a good starting point. Good luck enforcing that. The "shadow fleet" ships all operate under flags of convenience and ownership is hidden behind layers upon layers of shell companies.
- willvarfar 2y agoIf the fines and damages are not paid then perhaps the ship and its cargo are liquidated?
- mschuster91 2y agoThe problem is, the oil tankers are single wall, shoddily maintained, probably contaminated with all sorts of nasty stuff and with barely any history records. These things are effectively floating time bombs - assuming you can find a buyer for the seized cargo given the lack of paperwork in the first place, you need to sell the ship for scrap because it's nowhere near seaworthy (remember: single wall, no Western insurer will handle that), and that costs a loooot of money if you are a Western country and can't just haul it off to Alang [1] or whatever place and let others deal with the fallout. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56196069 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56196069