[Swenrekcah]

But they all know what’s going to happen when they sell to the scrappers. It’s disgusting and should be illegal.

[e40]

You build it, you recycle it in a way that isn't detrimental to the health and safety of humans. That should be the (international) law.

[badpun]

Any long-term commitments can be potentially worked around via bankrupcy. As long as we allow companies to take the full responsibility for consequences of their actions, and completely absolve their owners, the system will not work that great.

[wahnfrieden]

No profit in eliminating foreign externalities. Your faith in capitalist law and liberal democracy reforming these problems is curious

[refurb]

It's unenforceable regardless.

You think some poor African nation cares about worker safety and environmental issues when half of their population can barely get enough to eat?

Hell, they barely have control over their own country let alone enforcing environmental or worker regulations.

[Y_Y]

I'm sure you could just contrive an accidental sinking, or even better have the ship taken by "pirates" who happen to leave some cash in the lifeboats with the dispossessed.

[ClumsyPilot]

need to collect that cash as evidence

[gpm]

Seems like you'd have to just outright ban selling it to foreign owners?

Otherwise someone will make a "legitimate" business in a country that doesn't ban selling to (non-compliant) scrappers, whose job in life is to purchase old ships and sell them to scrappers. Maybe hanging on to them for a bit first to make it slightly less blatant...