Good article - well done. Very interesting twist regarding the legal case of the captain’s lawyer in the Wakashio case.
Never knew or didn’t recognized the implication of this:
Crew negligence is an insured risk. Owner negligence is not.
Blaming the captain also aligns with the public’s perception that the captain is solely responsible for the safety of the ship ignoring the role of shore-side management, regulators, commercial pressure and so forth.
I think that is an interesting question. Whoever it is they should be the ones being held responsible now. However the system now in place doesn’t do that.
People ashore should be held responsible for what happens on the ship in a way that is analogous to the way a captain is responsible for what the third mate does on watch.