Is that ship still stuck?

Re:Is that ship still stuck? by londons_explore on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:30PM (#26586429)

If I were South Africa, I would announce a tax on passing within 100 miles of their shore for commercial shipping...

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by stereo on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:49PM (#26587150)

Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles (22 km) from a coastline.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by khuey on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:52PM (#26588001)

Also this would be innocent passage anyways.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by boc on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:13PM (#26587780)

And that's how you'd get a nice, friendly visit from the Sixth Fleet.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by yellowapple on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:27AM (#26589600)

"Knock knock. It's the United States. With huge boats. With guns. Gunboats."

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by NickNameNick on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:56AM (#26589718)

The US navy has a proud tradition of gunboat diplomacy going back at least as far as commodore Perry and the opening of japan.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by yellowapple on Friday March 26, 2021 @04:29AM (#26589903)

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by dragonwriter on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:54PM (#26587199)

Well, that would trigger some Freedom of Navigation Operations.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by imtringued on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:04AM (#26591624)

If I were South Africa I would make sure that this route is as attractive as possible.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by umanwizard on Friday March 26, 2021 @07:17AM (#26590739)

That would be illegal and if they attempted to enforce it they would be engaging in piracy.

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