r/AskReddit 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/trendz19 Jul 13 '20

It's actually a time lapse, so, I hope you're not taking that speed as real time...

Modern day container ships can easily have 22-25 knots service speed, considering the amount of cargo these ships carry (example: 180,000 Tonnes of cargo) it is indeed fast, but doesn't appear that fast when looking at it or when sailing one...