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dan-robertson on March 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is that ship still stuck?

The people who should be desperately trying to pay a lot of money to get the ship unstuck are maritime insurance underwriters. There is a lot of insurance against late delivery. Unless they have managed to figure out how this is an act of god, that is.

OldHand2018 on March 26, 2021 [–]

That’s what they’re claiming - it was unexpectedly heavy winds in a sandstorm that caused it to ground.

Also, they had two canal pilots on board. I’m pretty sure that this absolves the shipping company of responsibility for guiding the ship safely.

fuzxi on March 26, 2021 | [–]

Seems it's not always so cut-and-dry.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26564849

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