[chrisweekly]

1. FYI the article is new but the disaster described happened on October 1, 2015.

2. I was astonished at this: > "It has been reported that a major merchant ship goes down somewhere in the world every two or three days; most are ships sailing under flags of convenience, with underpaid crews and poor safety records."

[Someone]

As to point #2: https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/?category=incidents has a sobering list.

[dredmorbius]

The shipwreck rate staggerred me when I ran across it a few years back.

It's the key reason I don't find commercial marine nuclear propulsion viable.