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- Comment on 'Outright Piracy': Russia Decries US Seizure of Oil Tanker as Violation of International Law 9 hours ago:
Operating the vessel under a false flag is illegal, making the ship count as stateless and able to be boarded by anyone. The US allegation is that the Guyana flag was a false flag and the transfer of registration to Russia was illegal/null, therefore the ship can be boarded without permission in international waters.
Regardless of this case, there is the larger trend of these “shadow fleets” operating outside of international laws under the direction of their true home countries. They use international waters as a safe zone to avoid enforcement, along with tricks like flag-hopping, deactivating or spoofing their transponders, and moving cargo ship-to-ship in international waters to avoid entering a national territory. These shadow fleets are also implicated in deliberately damaging underwater cables, and in China’s case are used for illegal fishing which damages fisheries across the globe.
What I’m saying is that if the country of registry fails to enforce maritime law on the ships under their flag, or if they in fact encourage/direct the vessels to break these laws, then there are gaps in maritime law and enforcement of it. Nowhere did I say that the US is justified in breaking laws to enforce other laws, but I think it’s understandable why vigilante justice gains the support that it does.
- Comment on 'Outright Piracy': Russia Decries US Seizure of Oil Tanker as Violation of International Law 12 hours ago:
The truth is most likely that the ship is part of the Russian shadow fleet. It may have been pretending to be registered in Guyana, then changed to Russia when they were caught out.
To my mind, the question is “does an enforcement gap exist in maritime law regarding these ships, and should the US be filling that gap?”
- Comment on 'Outright Piracy': Russia Decries US Seizure of Oil Tanker as Violation of International Law 13 hours ago:
The aging, rusting tanker, originally called the Bella 1, was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for operating within a “shadow fleet” of tankers transporting illicit Iranian oil.
Last month the US Coast Guard attempted to seize the vessel while it was heading to Venezuela to pick up oil, then operating under the flag of Guyana. But the ship’s crew refused to be boarded and made an abrupt turn into the Atlantic.
The Bella 1’s crew later painted a Russian flag on its side, and it appeared in a Russian shipping register under a new name, the Marinera.
- Comment on 'Outright Piracy': Russia Decries US Seizure of Oil Tanker as Violation of International Law 22 hours ago:
Article 92 Status of ships
- Ships shall sail under the flag of one State only and, save in exceptional cases expressly provided for in international treaties or in this Convention, shall be subject to its exclusive jurisdiction on the high seas. ** A ship may not change its flag during a voyage or while in a port of call, save in the case of a real transfer of ownership or change of registry.**
- A ship which sails under the flags of two or more States, using them according to convenience, may not claim any of the nationalities in question with respect to any other State, and may be assimilated to a ship without nationality.
- Comment on 'Outright Piracy': Russia Decries US Seizure of Oil Tanker as Violation of International Law 23 hours ago:
Is this the one that changed its name and flag to Russia while underway (very illegal), and got a RU submarine escort?
- Comment on Not quite a shit post 5 days ago:
It’s a common phenomenon that has been studied. Here is a recent paper.
- Comment on wood 3 weeks ago:
Turn on your monitor
- Comment on 4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced 4 weeks ago:
I wish more people understood this perspective
- Comment on Best vertical games on Android? 5 weeks ago:
Dungeon Tracer is a pretty decent remake of one of my favorites from back in the day, Dungeon Raid
- Comment on Beer tastes somewhat like piss because it's processed through fish bladders. 1 month ago:
Neat, but swim bladders don’t hold urine. They’re more akin to a ballast tank on a submarine.
- Comment on do no harm 1 month ago:
While that’s fair, there does exist pain for which you can’t really imagine much worse at that moment. For me those have been kidney stones and a broken femur.
- Comment on PC Master Race 2 months ago:
My office (and thus my computer) is between my kids’ bedrooms. If I want to game after they go to bed I either can’t have voice comms or go game on my TV downstairs.
Also, I already spend 8+ hours a day in my office working so I often don’t want to be in there for my decompression time.
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- Comment on Bed 2 months ago:
I don’t want my bed to be warm, I like mine to be cozy and cool, like the opposite side of the pillow.
- Comment on Bed 2 months ago:
I don’t want my bed to be warm, I like mine to be cozy and cool, like the opposite side of the pillow.
- Comment on The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market 2 months ago:
I have the color note air 3 and it’s great for reading ebooks, comics, and manga and also for taking notes. And because it’s unlocked android I can use my choice of e-reader and sideload Mihon or other apps.
- Comment on Piegoth Ur 2 months ago:
Run, coward!
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 3 months ago:
Chickennuggetius
- Comment on The Illumin-ate-i 4 months ago:
They put one on the bun at least
- Comment on Nexus Mods to Enforce Digital ID Age Checks Under UK and EU Laws 5 months ago:
What mods, though?
- Comment on Should I get a second opinion 6 months ago:
So let’s see… Shitting white means a lack of bile, pissing red means you have something wrong with the urinary tract or kidneys, and bleeding blue means you’re a hermit crab.
- Comment on Shooting an unarmed woman who was just trying to walk home: just LAPD things 6 months ago:
“rubber” bullets are supposed to be bounced off the ground to dissipate their energy before they impact someone
- Comment on Welcome to Lemmy.zip 7 months ago:
Yet another lemm.ee refugee checking in. Thank you for the warm welcome!
