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The crew of the Dali, that hit the Baltimore bridge in februari, have been confined to their ship for almost 2 months now while investigations continue. (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by abbadon420@lemm.ee to c/news@beehaw.org

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Update: the ship has been towed now

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[–] huginn@feddit.it 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Because none of the crew can step foot on American soil. It's a Singaporean vessel with an Indian and Sri Lankan crew. They don't have visas and so they're denied entry.

The bureaucracy of DHS knows no limits and has no compassion.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

Well can’t some other ship from Singapore come by and pickup the crew and take them back?

[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They don’t have to set foot on American soil for a boat to take them away though. by the way, I can totally accept the possibility that it’s some kind of ridiculous immigrations or customs issue. But if it is, you can’t really infer it just from this article and I’m a little annoyed by that. it seems like the obvious question to ask.