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From reading the article, they just for some legal reason need a person on board the ship.

So maybe people could volunteer to replace them on a rolling schedule.

In this particular instance, that seems to be the case. I imagine there are probably legal hurdles that needed to be overcome to even make that happen, but I’m glad it did.

I just sent an email to the International Maritime Organization, who manages the database I linked in the GP, to ask if there are any extant organizations dedicated to providing relief to people in similar situations. I’ll update here when and if I hear back from them, or as I make progress toward figuring out the scope of this issue in other ways.

Sounds like a joke but turning them into airbnb would probably end up being pretty popular. Who wouldn't want an entire ship to themself for a night?

For me, it would depend on how stabby the ship is.

(I don't want to get injured by a ship in disrepair)

The Egyptian law is ridiculous. The government should hire coast guard staff to supervise the boat.

I wonder if there is any value in supervising the boat if it has no power... No power means no engines, no lights and no radios. That means even if the boat was robbed, there is nothing the supervisor could do about it.

I assume the purpose of holding someone physically accountable is to make it harder to use countries as ship parking lots

"Where is what ship? Oh, after 180 days we let the national guard boys play target practice with the ships that go unclaimed."

I don’t necessarily disagree, but I don’t have the ability to easily influence that. I might have the ability to make people’s lives easier in similar situations.

> they just for some legal reason need a person on board the ship

So what if the guy in question doesn't show up?

could be a great airbnb

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