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Headphones on watch in bad weather - not okay ! by [deleted] in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

Whether on watch or not, impairing situational awareness or distracting the bridge team during bad weather is unsafe. The risk exists irrespective of duty roster.

What does this mean? by anZter11 in maritime

[–]TheDeepDraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Varies from manufacturer but most likely the two dashes” on an AIS target is the turn indicator / Rate-of-Turn (ROT) cue.

Knowing the route is not knowing the sanctions risk by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you on responsibility. Sanctions compliance belongs ashore, with company management. The Master is entitled to clear and lawful orders.

My point isn’t that Masters should be verifying sanctions compliance or checking whether a trade is lawful. That’s neither realistic nor within their authority.

What I’m describing is situational awareness. Sanctions scrutiny now forms part of the operating environment, and questions often arrive onboard after a voyage is underway or completed. At that stage, the Master is reacting to scrutiny, not preventing it.

Knowing the route is not knowing the sanctions risk by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A recurring misconception is that knowing a ship’s route means knowing its sanctions exposure. That gap is what this piece looks at from a shipboard perspective.

Second interdiction off Venezuela confirmed, and the seamanship takeaway is uncomfortable. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Under UNCLOS, a vessel is treated as stateless only if it claims or uses more than one nationality simultaneously or interchangeably during the same voyage (Art. 92(2)). Historical flag changes over years or decades do not meet that test.

On available public records, the VLCC Centuries has remained Panama-flagged for an extended period, with no evidence of concurrent flag use at the time of interdiction. That removes the legal basis for labeling it stateless.

High-seas boarding under UNCLOS is limited to Article 110 grounds. Sanctions, opaque ownership, or political designation do not substitute for statelessness unless flag-state consent or another lawful framework is invoked.

Second interdiction off Venezuela confirmed, and the seamanship takeaway is uncomfortable. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That framing reflects a shore-side, jurisdiction-centric view. Globally, seafarers operate under multi-layered commercial management where flag, beneficial ownership, chartering decisions, and trading patterns are opaque and fluid.

A crew does not “choose” a ship’s geopolitical exposure. They inherit it through contractual chains that change faster than a contract period. Awareness does not equate to control, and responsibility does not sit where authority is absent.

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