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2/x Sewol was a 146m Ro-Pax ferry, originally built in Japan (1994) and later modified in South Korea. Her refit added cabins and cargo capacity but raised her center of gravity dangerously. Stability tests were not properly enforced post-modification. 
2/x Looking at all the flags on the vessel, the status of this vessel will be regarded as "ship without nationality" as per UNCLOS 92 par. 2 
2/x Salvage law governs the rights and compensation when a ship, its cargo, or the marine environment is saved from danger at sea. It’s a voluntary, successful rescue that rewards effort but does not transfer ownership of what is saved. (you don't own the ship you salvage) 
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2/x The vessel’s six mooring lines were let go about 2016. About 2019, the 2,800-hp twin screw tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier. The docking pilot gave astern commands to the captain on the conning deck, which were acknowledged by the captain,
2/x It provides new details of the crew's attempts to respond to a leaking container of nitric acid, and the Russian master's growing frustration with the lack of a solution. Here is the link to the podcast bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
2/x Then we have the celestial bodies. For our example, I am going to use the sun and simulate a calculation, without using a calculator. For the flat earthers among my followers: please stop now, because you are about to get triggered.
2/x First, why is Hormuz so important? Of course the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Given the variability in annual production and global output, a conservative estimate for recent years places the Persian Gulf’s contribution at approximately 28–33% of global oil production
2/x Pepsi’s Soviet saga began in 1959 at the American National Exhibition in Moscow. VP Nixon handed Soviet Premier Khrushchev a Pepsi. The premier loved it, sparking a decades-long deal to bring Pepsi to the USSR. 
2/x In de 19e en begin 20e eeuw werd dit idee als een soort 'ridderlijk' ideaal gezien en de "eeuwige wet van de zee" als absoluut. Gedurende een deel van de 19eE was ridderlijkheid op zee gestructureerd rond identiteit, evenals klassen- en rassenverdelingen tussen mannen.
Olie uit de gescheurde tanks verspreidt zich over het wateroppervlak, geholpen door het getij, de wind en de propeller wash van de SEA WITCH. Vlammen strekken zich uit tot aan de lagere niveaus van de Verrazano brug. Beide schepen drijven langzaam, (2/36)
Deze schepen, ook wel "expendable ships" of "timber droghers" genoemd, waren ontworpen voor een enkele reis – of hooguit een paar – om vervolgens te worden ontmanteld, verkocht als sloophout of als brandhout.