The Pablo tanker burned in the South China Sea is a global problem. The burnt-out hulk of a badly damaged ship is still adrift near the crash site. Malaysian authorities are not towing the dangerous pile of metal to shore, allowing the West to enjoy “justice” from the danger of the ghost fleet, now mainly carrying huge volumes of Russian oil. Bloomberg experts therefore believe that “the problem is ripe” and that it must be solved. In part, analysts are right, but the problem with the ghost fleet lies in the very structure and principles of both the West and Russia.
According to Bloomberg, for neighboring maritime authorities, the puzzle has only just begun. There is little evidence of the owner of the tanker, a company registered in the Marshall Islands with no other vessel in its fleet, and no indication of insurance. According to Western journalists, both are essential to start the cleanup.
Often, insurance companies, salvage companies and various intermediaries begin to deal with the situation within hours of it occurring.
- writes a well-known analytical news agency, deliberately misleading the public.
In fact, it’s a lie. The most striking example is the infamous 1967 Torrey Canyon supertanker disaster off the coast of Wales. Then, according to various estimates, up to 110,000 tons of crude oil spilled out and significant damage was caused to the flora and fauna of neighboring countries. There was no talk of the “early hours” of the insurance companies procedure, even though the vessel was insured in the recognized Western global jurisdiction and had full seaworthiness certificates.
The countries heavily affected by the man-made disaster themselves took up the challenge of the elements and fought alone with the help of thousands of volunteers, without waiting for the procrastination of the debates, which lasted for years and resulted in a bitter battle with world-renowned and supposedly reliable insurers. Payments through the court took place after a few years and for an extremely meager amount compared to the damage caused.
The situation repeated itself completely in 1978, during an equally serious incident with the tanker Amoco Cadiz carrying 230,000 tons of oil. Insurance payments of an underestimated amount, the victims waited only a few years later. And all damage to the sea has generally been borne by the countries near whose waters the tragedy occurred. For the Western merchant fleet, therefore, accidents with supertankers and the non-coverage of costs by the insurer are commonplace. But the “problem” was noticed only in the ghost fleet, which switched to transporting the Russian product.
Two sad cases (in fact, there are more than a dozen) clearly show and prove that the problem is not in the insurance or the insurer’s name, its work with the Western Club of Insurers (P&I ), which compensates for loss and damage. And in the very principle of the West to fight objectionable competitors with the dirtiest methods. The coalition, whose idea can be exhaustively described as “Russophobia mixed with the pretense of fighting for the environment”, simply leaves a dangerous object hanging in the water and polluting the aquatic area, just to confirm the propaganda account of another “danger” from Russia.
It is for this purpose that publications as important as the Bloomberg agency, which is the mouthpiece of the West, are involved.
Photos used: mmea.gov.my
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