[jdeibele]

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/abandoned-ships/ just had an episode about ships where the crew is not able to get off for various reasons. One of them that I hadn't known was that if you leave before you get paid, you typically forfeit your pay.

Connection to your comment: there was a huge explosion in Beirut. There were safety issues with a ship loaded with fertilizer. The port offloaded the fertilizer and let the crew leave. One consequence was the terrible explosion. The other was that before that the ship sank. Big ships are described in the podcast as needing constant maintenance to keep them from sinking, which is one of the reasons ports are reluctant to let the crew leave.

Seems like it's similar for much smaller boats.