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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestions regarding the blockage in the Suez Canal
Who will be held responsible for the accident? Reportedly, the ship had two canal pilots directing the transit of the canal. Will they be held responsible? Or will the company that owns the ship face liability?
In a similar way, if a tractor-trailer truck hits an overpass, is the driver liable? Do they have insurance coverage? Or does their company cover the responsibility?
Thanks, in advance, for any answers.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the business, but while pilots my be liable, they can't get insurance for that liability so nobody bothers suing them.
getagrip_already
(14,881 posts)Which means the salvors can claim up to 50% of the value of the ship and cargo as compensation for saving/freeing it.
Admiralty law is complex, but this is common. So it really doesn't matter who is held responsible, the ship is toast. It's cargo is toast. It's insurance carrier is toast.
Lots of toast to go around.
Hekate
(90,858 posts)Delphinus
(11,842 posts)I never would have known.
former9thward
(32,096 posts)The ship is not salvage. The rescue operation is being handled by the ship's owner.
Delphinus
(11,842 posts)setting me straight.
niyad
(113,600 posts)"everGIVEN". What is that about? What am I missing?
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)The jokes would have written themselves.
Xavier Breath
(3,656 posts)Towlie
(5,328 posts)I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this image but I guess someday I'll have to stop posting it.
niyad
(113,600 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,475 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,953 posts)Some have suggested the possibility of the ship breaking up.
With both ends stuck, its weight is not supported evenly in the water.
I have no idea if it is that serious or not.
It is still under some pretty great stress.
(This may be a painting instead of a picture)
captain queeg
(10,269 posts)They are going to latch onto it with a bunch of tugs, some pulling and some pushing. That will induce stresses that were not designed for. I remember reading about a big tanker going around the cape of Good Hope where they commonly have giant rollers. The front of the ship was raised by a big wave as well as the stern. So midship wasnt supporting much weight and the ship broke in two. That area is notorious for huge rolling waves. Makes me wonder if these huge ships are properly designed to take that route if the suez is out of action for a long time. I imagine ships are designed for whats expected.
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)getagrip_already
(14,881 posts)and a container full of even apple products ain't chicken scratch.
And half of it and the ship will belong to the gov't as salvage in any case. The insurance company will pay the salvage claim up to the insured value, but the cargo owners will have a claim on whatever is left. This will be a nightmare of suits lasting decades.
But the Egyptian gov't will make out well.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)How did it get as far as it did without bottoming out someplace else?
EX500rider
(10,877 posts)It didn't bottom out so much as go sideways and it is longer then the canal is wide.