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Crew stuck on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapse (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The entire article seems weird. They say "crew" but mean "property" - it's the ship that is trapped, the crew could be evacuated at any time, but as spoiled in one line:

"They're part of the ship. They are necessary to keep the ship staffed and operational," Adm Gilreath said. "They're the best responders on board the ship themselves."

And of course:

The crew, made up of 20 Indians and a Sri Lankan national, has been unable to disembark because of visa restrictions, a lack of required shore passes and parallel ongoing investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FBI.

So again, the reason the crew is stuck is that USA don't allow them offboard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

So again, the reason the crew is stuck is that USA don’t allow them offboard.

Yes that seems to be exactly what the article is saying.

But honestly. This is pretty common world wide with shipping issues.

Most nations will only issue a temp visa to crew members. Based on the expected exit date of the ship. And even then only to nationalities with some form of visa agreement.

Most nations are required to meet the laws applied. And when the ship is safe. No emergency law applies. So the only ways a crew could leave. Would be to leave the nation with the ship. As is done in a sinking etc. Or for Congress to pass a law allowing immigration etc to give the passengers visas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This is pretty common world wide with shipping issues.

Crew stranded on a ship after huge accident isn't that common, i remember even US media calling entire thing "an emergency". I don't think we can compare to just regular shipping occurences when ship is in port waiting for load/unload/refuelling.