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This is the same writer, Ian Urbina, as the Sea Slaves story that also made the HN homepage yesterday. He's been writing a number of sea stories that look fascinating: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/u...

Looking further back into his archive, he also writes about tech, and racism.

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As you have correctly noted, this piece is another entry in The Outlaw Ocean series:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/world/the-outl...

Needless to say, advocates for the shipping industry aren't happy about this kind of coverage. http://gcaptain.com/maritime-industry-advocates-slam-the-new...

Wow, that was a pretty substandard PR response. They talk about the complexity of their policies but don't talk about enforcement or performance.

That's exactly why I found it interesting. It's always revealing when a response mixes shock and outrage with a series of dodges, misdirections, and evasions.

Note/JFYI: The link goes to a pretty slim article that has an auto-playing video.

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