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DeepDraft Weekly Brief: Master Liability in the EEZ and Global Tanker Market Shifts (Mar 1, 2026)
In this episode of the DeepDraft Weekly Maritime Brief (March 1, 2026), Capt. Raghu Sharma unpacks the escalating legal exposures facing ship Masters today.Our main analysis, “India's EEZ Tanker Detention,” explores the dangerous gap between shore-side commercial decisions and the personal liability of the bridge team. As coastal states increasingly weaponize satellite data and historical AIS logs to enforce domestic laws far offshore, we discuss why the "following orders" defense is legally insufficient. Discover why the ongoing criminalization of the Master signals a permanent shift in how…
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