The El Faro blame game begins

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Interesting op-ed on Splash247 from Marshall Islands flag chief executive Clay Maitland on what happens next as the investigation into the disappearance of the El Faro container vessel begins. “Inevitably, there will be those who point fingers at classification and Coast Guard inspection and permitting processes and issues, particularly for the ship’s power system. There will be live witnesses to testify on these and other things, and experts of all kinds, and diverse reliability, to offer their views. The usual rumours and speculative theories are blossoming, as they always do in tragedies of this kind.”