Container ships are a hodge podge of responsabilty, “flagged” (registered) in one country (mostly NOT the U.S.) owned by a company from another country, operated by a contractor from another country, staffed by crews from different countries, and constantly are in a circle jerk of blaming each other when problems happen.
So true!
I’m reminded if the New Carissa incident. To avoid paying multi-thousand $$$ fees to have the longshoremen’s union labor open the hatches in port, the shop’s captain opened them as they sat anchored offshore. A storm came up, and the open hatches acted as sails, driving the ship into a beach.