Fleet of abandoned ships is growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea

AP News ^ | Updated 11:06 AM CST, January 29, 2025 | HELEN WIEFFERING

[dfwgator]

Maybe we can house all the illegals on the ships.

[GingisK]

Suppose they use those ships to take themselves to shore?

[PeterPrinciple]

https://urbexunderground.com/abandoned-ships-around-the-world/

21 Abandoned Ships Around The World You Can ACTUALLY Visit

[DIRTYSECRET]

Maybe we can claim them. They gotta be worth something even scrap.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Suppose they use those ships to take themselves to shore?

Who needs a dock anyway?

[DesertRhino]

Yo…. Ho!
Allllll hands,
Hoist the colors high…

Ok lads, you were just gifted a ship

[Bigg Red]

The top countries for cases last year were the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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All mohammedan, right?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ok lads, you were just gifted a ship

With no cargo, fuel or driver.

[PeterPrinciple]

The top countries for cases last year were the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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Friends Shipping, which has offices in Turkey and Dubai, has a pattern of abandonment linked to its fleet. Nineteen of the 22 ships listed on its website have been named in abandonment cases, according to U.N. data, though some of those ships may have since been sold. The company boasts a slogan of “We Make the World Smaller.”

[PeterPrinciple]

“The only leverage seafarers have sometimes is to stay on a vessel until they get paid,” said Helen Meldrum, a ship inspector with the International Transport Workers’ Federation, which advocates for ship workers’ rights.

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but the union doesn’t actually take care of their workers, just advocates.

[Locomotive Breath]

We pay off the sailors and send them home. Couldn’t cost that much. Then load the ship up with illegals of a given country, Columbia say, and then have a skeleton Navy crew man the ship and have a second Navy ship escort it to Columbian waters. Drop anchor, Navy crew disembarks to the destroyer and sails away. Leave them with a 30 day supply of food and water and tell Columbia to come and get their people.

[MayflowerMadam]

This is so weird. I never heard of such a thing.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is so weird. I never heard of such a thing.

You have now. 🤡

[LouAvul]

I remember a crew abandoning a cruise ship and leaving the passengers stranded. That was a few years ago.

[cableguymn]

you only need a dock if you plan on leaving again.. otherwise run um aground where ever you want to get off.

[Dr. Franklin]

The top countries for cases last year were the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Hmmmm...
What do these countries have in common? Who sees the connection?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s not as if you would suffer any legal repercussions for deliberately running a cargo ship aground in a populated area.

[DesertRhino]

Well matey, that’s how it is when you’re a pirate. Elect a Captain, go get some fuel, start running cargo that nobody wants you to to carry. drugs, people, contraband, sanctioned cargo etc.
Do I have to solve every problem?

[MayflowerMadam]

“I remember a crew abandoning a cruise ship”

That would be OK as long as the kitchen crew would stick around.