XO was wrong again

[Plane]

Hey, it is fine with me if they travel in convoys. I assume that they would do this if it were practical. A convoy involves several ships traveling between the same two points at the same time, and I imagine that cargoes would be delayed by using convoys.

    Yes that is true , the delays are expensive and annoying , but is looseing an occasional cargo , ship and crew any less expensive and annoying?

      I don't assume that shipowners and world leaders are smart , this is not really a safe assumption.

[Xavier_Onassis]

You have to combine the joint decisions of ship owners, shipping companies, insurance companies and such, and decisions that are made are, I agree, not necessarily intelligent ones. We don't have the figures for profitability in this business,and those are the most significant ones.

Their main concern is not for the crew of their ships.

[Plane]

   The Mersk Alabama was unusual in haveing a lot of Americans in the crew , it is cheaper to hire almost anyone elese.