[mjberg01]

What are the financial penalties for this? Cost of damages most interesting angle and not mentioned in article.

Company and leadership on boat should be held liable to the greatest extent possible. Set an example to curtail this sort of reckless behavior.

[me_me_me]

Company will blame it on the captain, and that will be the end of it.

Sadly this is our reality.

[qayxc]

Maritime law has been super weak historically.

There are basically no repercussions at all unless people get hurt.

Even if the company itself gets fined, they'll simply declare bankruptcy, close up shop and sell their assets to a new company (often incidentally run by the same people).

Sad how relevant this still is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4

[sebazzz]

I would propose that companies which can have such major consequences on the environment must put a sum of money in some kind of Escrow, and it gets released for purposes of cleaning up the mess.