How to stop misdeclarations
HHmmmmmm,, I as Capt would say,, arrest the shipper and put them in jail. A smart lawyer could even construe far reaching attempted murder of 22 crew or so out of it (far fetched, but why not) Capt,s are now arrested/detained for almost anything. A accident happened and next you read Master arrested. Like the indian Capt of the Hebei Spirit who was detained in S-Korea for 1.5 years after a bunker barge collided with his ship while HIS ship was at anchor !!!
or the MASTER of the Prestige (Erika?) where the idiotic Spanish authorities refused to bring the ship in a small bay but let the ship drag into the Atlantic and subsequently broke apart in bad weather.
Or the grounding of the Pallas ? (at Amrum in the german bay)where the Master notified the german authorities and those brainless peoples were not able to send a tug a few hours away for 1.5 days until the vessel was aground and then it was the bad Capt.
and on and on
Seems in todays NEWSWORLD the first authorities have to do to present a guilty one. Big splashes in the news,,Capt arrested,,and bingo case closed,,guilty catched already.
Ever read the news "Capt exonerated and case dismissed" ? Not newsworthy does not bring headlines !!!!!
I don,t say that Capt,s are not at fault and some still today are reckless, but fact is as long there are humans on the ships there will be accidents, like it or not.
The same way as in the train / trucking business or Taxi driver profession and on .......