• RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    If the cargo is a few million barrels of oil now the problem of the government who’s shores it threatens… you don’t really care do you?

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      1 month ago

      That would be on the company’s insurance to cover, and shipping companies should be absolutely required to carry insurance for things like oil spills.

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        1 month ago

        Sure… mostly they do… but then captains are drunk, maintenance is poor and the insurance declines to pay… or drags that out through court for 2 decades… meanwhile governments have to foot the bill. The examples are endless unfortunately.