The ports will refuse to receive the dead body. Why?
Superstition? afraid of contamination? Transport of remains would throw them too far off schedule?
“The ports will refuse to receive the dead body. Why?”
A whole lot of paperwork is the most likely truth.
“Too far off schedule”
Yet, “one vessel declared force majeure, the “act of God” clause, which allowed them to sail more than 6,000 miles from Indonesia to Italy to return a dead captain.” Couldn’t they have transported him in a coffin on a commercial airliner? I’m presuming Italy wasn’t their destination and they made a side trip to deliver his body. Imagine the cost!