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> so these ships are abandoned by the companies that own them, with the crew still on board? and then the crew is just stuck there with dwindling food supplies
by mschuster91 9mo ago
> so these ships are abandoned by the companies that own them, with the crew still on board? and then the crew is just stuck there with dwindling food supplies until somebody comes to rescue them?
Yes, basically. The situation is really really nasty, every year thousands of sailors are stuck aboard abandoned ships [1][2]. Sometimes, crews get stuck for years [3] - and the situation is made worse by the fact that leaving ship means forfeiting payment.
[1] https://www.voanews.com/a/fleet-of-abandoned-ships-is-growing-leaving-sailors-stuck-at-sea/7959843.html https://www.voanews.com/a/fleet-of-abandoned-ships-is-growin...
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r4nr2zy2do https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r4nr2zy2do
[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56842506 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56842506
- thrance 9mo agoThanks, that was very interesting. Another reminder of how fucked up our world is.
- Sabinus 9mo agoThat's how fucked up our world is outside the jurisdiction of a well functioning government and an engaged and educated populace. It's only as nice as we decide to make it.
- mschuster91 9mo agothe thing is, technically "convenience flags" are outside our jurisdiction... but the companies owning the ships? the companies chartering the ships? these are in Western jurisdictions. We could hold them accountable, but we don't, because freight companies are insanely well connected in politics and too many too rich people profit too much from this kind of exploitation.
- PearlRiver 9mo agoI remember with COVID a lot of sailors got stuck and nobody felt responsibility to do anything for them.