• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    15 days 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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      15 days 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.