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I didn't look at the PDF, but the sample size reported in the article is 11 ships(!), which makes me wonder how this might look across a larger population of sh

I didn't look at the PDF, but the sample size reported in the article is 11 ships(!), which makes me wonder how this might look across a larger population of ships. I wonder how much labor expense has to be saved to make up for a future catastrophic event?

seb1204 9mo ago
Internalize gains, externalizing cost of events or accidents.
ryukoposting 9mo ago
11 might be a larger share of ships worldwide than you'd expect. The complete list of US-flagged privately-owned merchant ships is less than 200: https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/2025-06/DS_USFlag-Fleet_2025_JAN.pdf https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/2025-...
- yorwba 9mo ago
  US-flagged privately-owned merchant ships might be a smaller share of ships worldwide than you'd expect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_merchant_navy_capacity_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_merchant_navy_capacity... Liberia rules the waves.