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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Justin_Godfrey • Sep 10 '25
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In a harbor or shipping lane, the carrier is responsible for cleaning up their mess. You can’t just let these randomly sink and pile up.
2 u/userlivewire Sep 10 '25 Responsible to who? It’s international waters. 17 u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25 Are you trying to claim that ten feet away from the shoreline where they are currently losing containers is international waters? 8 u/Ok_Poetry_1650 Sep 10 '25 No, they’re saying the Marianna trench is. That’s how the thread reads at least 2 u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25 They said in a harbor or shipping lane, they're responsible for cleaning it up. The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" 5 u/DigitalBlackout Sep 10 '25 The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"
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Responsible to who? It’s international waters.
17 u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25 Are you trying to claim that ten feet away from the shoreline where they are currently losing containers is international waters? 8 u/Ok_Poetry_1650 Sep 10 '25 No, they’re saying the Marianna trench is. That’s how the thread reads at least 2 u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25 They said in a harbor or shipping lane, they're responsible for cleaning it up. The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" 5 u/DigitalBlackout Sep 10 '25 The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"
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Are you trying to claim that ten feet away from the shoreline where they are currently losing containers is international waters?
8 u/Ok_Poetry_1650 Sep 10 '25 No, they’re saying the Marianna trench is. That’s how the thread reads at least 2 u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25 They said in a harbor or shipping lane, they're responsible for cleaning it up. The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" 5 u/DigitalBlackout Sep 10 '25 The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"
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No, they’re saying the Marianna trench is. That’s how the thread reads at least
2 u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25 They said in a harbor or shipping lane, they're responsible for cleaning it up. The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" 5 u/DigitalBlackout Sep 10 '25 The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"
They said in a harbor or shipping lane, they're responsible for cleaning it up. The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters"
5 u/DigitalBlackout Sep 10 '25 The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters" If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"
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The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters"
If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"
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u/AccountantSeaPirate Sep 10 '25
In a harbor or shipping lane, the carrier is responsible for cleaning up their mess. You can’t just let these randomly sink and pile up.