You re only about 5000 miles off on your location and equally removed from the facts.
This captain is the fall guy for political correctness and diversity.
In your day, he would have had the authority to throw these incompetent females off the ship.
OK, I stand corrected on the location. The waters near Singapore are similarly quite hazardous and the Captain should be on deck.
He may indeed be the fall guy, and I standby my opinion he should nonetheless be held accountable for his role.
The women officers should be charged as well.