Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/07/20267/20 Shipping works because everyone understands who is responsible for which loss. Introducing a parallel government compensation promise risks making those responsibilities less clear rather than more clear. That uncertainty eventually finds its way into insurance premiums. 170
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/07/20268/20 Then comes the practical question. Who decides what gets compensated? The White House? A federal court? An international tribunal? An arbitration panel? There is no process described. Without a process, a promise remains exactly that—a promise. 160
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/07/20269/20 Another point immediately stood out to me. Read the wording carefully. It specifically refers to ships. Cargo. “Anything related thereto.” Notice who is missing. The people. The seafarers… 180