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by CalChris 1882 days ago
... to captains not deviating from a storm to save on fuel and time as they face pressure from charterers ...

Rather than shifting this cost to the shippers, they are essentially shifting it to the insurers and then paying more in premiums as a result.

Slow Steaming is going to cause some of this because ships will be en route longer and therefore more at risk of weather delay. Maybe they should apply the principle of General Average and simply charge for weather delays, shift this cost to the shippers.