The company that chartered the cargo ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was recently sanctioned by regulators for blocking its employees from directly reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard — in violation of a seaman whistleblower protection law, according to regulatory filings reviewed by The Lever.
Eight months before a Maersk Line Limited-chartered cargo ship crashed into the Baltimore bridge, likely killing six people and injuring others, the Labor Department sanctioned the shipping conglomerate for retaliating against an employee who reported unsafe working conditions aboard a Maersk-operated boat. In its order, the department found that Maersk had “a policy that requires employees to first report their concerns to [Maersk]… prior to reporting it to the [Coast Guard] or other authorities.”
Instead the WH has said that they’re not going to be held financial responsible for any of the rebuilding and let’s just check in in about five years to see that literally nothing happens to Maersk because of this.
Yeah that’s not what he said.
Please illustrate how Biden isn’t literally saying that Maersk will not be forced to pay for the cost of rebuilding?
He didn’t say that the government won’t go after Maersk, just that the federal government is fronting the cost. If the bridge had to wait for Maersk to pay up it could be years before they begin rebuilding.
If you believe that will happen I’ve (literally) got a bridge to sell to you
Is everything you post this uninformed?
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It happens all the time, a lot of things get handled this way because the infrastructure still needs to be fixed in a reasonable timeline.
There’s thousands of examples of this working correctly in America, and very few of it not working.
Please kindly stop spouting nonsense that’s not backed up by data.
Whoa, shifting goal posts. We were talking about what Biden said, not if we believed it. Slow your roll.
How do we know Maersk is actually at fault at this juncture?
Good to see you consistently having the most brain dead takes on all of lemmy lol
Oh, there are worse
Whose at fault and whom should pay what damages will be decided over the next few years after a long ass lawsuit. The process of clearing the wreckage, speccing out, and rebuilding will get started soon. It was always going to be the government paying for the rebuild and any lawsuits winding down years later. Biden’s statement is that the federal government rather than city or state will bear the cost. This is just you not understanding what’s going on.
They has no info on if charges or fines are coming to the company.
It just says the feds will pay for the new bridge
Source: your ass
Source: Biden
Quote him
Seconded. Sauce or stfu
Clear enough for you?
Honestly, no: it’s clear that Biden intends to use Federal money in the short term to get the bridge back in service as quickly as possible, but it is not at all clear that he intends to let the shipping company (or whoever is ultimately responsible) off the hook for restitution after-the-fact.
Okay but, I mean, ask yourself what’s most likely to happen?
You mean that the shipping company is going to be filing for bankruptcy protection in the relatively near future?
The crew operator or subcontractor may file for bankruptcy. Maersk isn’t going anywhere.
Anything to get out of paying, I suppose.
Wow, how dense to read these words and think “Biden isn’t going to hold Maersk accountable.” He’s telling the people and governments of Baltimore and Maryland that the federal government is going to back them up so they don’t have to rebuild on their own. How can you seriously read those words and think “Well I guess they’re not going to hold Maersk accountable?” Any investigation into what happened is going to take time, but the bridge needs to be rebuilt ASAP. Money the government spends on this will be recouped later through insurance settlements, fines, and/or lawsuits
Wow. How dense you are to think the US govt is going to hold corporations responsible for absolutely anything.
Maybe not if it were an American company on the brink of collapse, but Maersk is a Danish company - and an exceptionally wealthy/profitable one at that. The cities, governments, and companies that are all affected by this will be eager to collect their pound of flesh from Maersk.
And how do you suppose they’ll do that?
The amount of money this company just cost the US economy is why they are going to hold whatever company is ultimately found to be at fault accountable.
In this case one company just brought shipping from one of the largest ports on the eastern seaboard to a complete halt. If maersk is at fault they will have hefty fines to pay. But we don’t know the ultimate cause of the ship losing power yet.
The money being lost is more important than corporate privilege.
You mean like the time they held Wall Street Bankers responsible for intentionally creating a global recession? Oh, wait…
Remind me who was President then?
Lol I’m with ya bud. Corporations being held liable doesn’t happen in the US. $$$$ makes the rules.
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Yeah but that’s not what you said. You said the White House said the company wouldn’t be financially responsible, Biden said the federal government would provide funding to get the bridge rebuilt as soon as possible, meaning not wait for the company to pay for the damages, which will of course take years (which is the real problem here). You’re spinning it in a very different way.
I didn’t say that.
And Biden didn’t say the company wouldn’t be held responsible.
No, you simply parroted someone else who did say that. Don’t fucking try to “but ackshually…” out of being called out.
LOL umadbro?
I didn’t “but ackshually” anything. I just provided a source. You can take your argument up with the person who made it.
It’s pretty clear. We don’t have time to deal with lawsuits, which will take years. Nowhere in his speech does he say they won’t be trying to recoup the money.
He means as opposed to the state picking up the costs. He is talking about supporting the state in the immediately preceding sentence.