Regulators cited Maersk for its “illegal policy” blocking employees from reporting safety concerns to the Coast Guard.

The company that chartered the cargo ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was recently sanctioned by regulators for blocking its employees from directly reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard — in violation of a seaman whistleblower protection law, according to regulatory filings reviewed by The Lever.

Eight months before a Maersk Line Limited-chartered cargo ship crashed into the Baltimore bridge, likely killing six people and injuring others, the Labor Department sanctioned the shipping conglomerate for retaliating against an employee who reported unsafe working conditions aboard a Maersk-operated boat. In its order, the department found that Maersk had “a policy that requires employees to first report their concerns to [Maersk]… prior to reporting it to the [Coast Guard] or other authorities.”

  • helenslunch
    38·
    3 months ago

    The amount of money this company just cost the US economy is why they are going to hold whatever company is ultimately found to be at fault accountable.

    You mean like the time they held Wall Street Bankers responsible for intentionally creating a global recession? Oh, wait…

    Remind me who was President then?

    • MB420GFY@lemmy.world
      91·
      3 months ago

      oh, i see. you’re one of those lurkers whose sole purpose is to shit talk about democrats. are you working from a propaganda farm, or do you do this for fun in your spare time?

      if you’ll look back, it was actually bush that was in office when the '08 crash started and he said he wasn’t going to do shit. obama just toed the line after him, you disingenuous fuck.

      don’t come back with your both sides BS either. or do. i’ll school you on that line of reasoning too.

      • helenslunch
        27·
        3 months ago

        you’re one of those lurkers whose sole purpose is to shit talk about democrats.

        I am neither a lurker or a democratic shit-talker. I am the most genuous fuck who calls out bullshit when I see it and doesn’t suck the teat of my favorite shit-brained politician.

        But I can see name-calling in lieu of actual facts is important to you.

        if you’ll look back, it was actually bush that was in office when the '08 crash

        If you look back in this conversation we weren’t talking about what caused the ship to crash, but the punishment that would be rendered to the perpetrators afterwards.

        The point is, Obama was 10x the President Biden could ever hope to be. If Obama did not or would not hold responsible bankers for intentionally causing a global recession, Biden sure as shit isn’t going to go after a ship took out a bridge.