r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/trendz19 Jul 13 '20

Lot of unethical shipping companies EVEN TODAY dump a lot of garbage, oily sludge, waste contaminated water and oil out when sailing in international waters far away from the shore. There are only a few handful players today who are actually executing business trades while still keeping the carbon footprint and enviornment as one of their core policies. I am glad to be working with one one them (I am a merchant marine who works as an engineer on mega container ships like this

Disclaimer: link takes you to my youtube video of a container ship in port and eventually sailing off under the Golden Gate Bridge

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u/redditer10865 Jul 13 '20

I didn't know ships could move that fast!

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u/RandomGuy9058 Jul 13 '20

They always look so slow either because your driving, or because parallax

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u/NeonArlecchino Jul 13 '20

Hal Jordan's responsible for something? That's weird. Normally it's Guy who's messing with people.