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Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in ship abandonment (apnews.com)
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[–] Contextual_Idiot 1 points 5 months ago

I know this is likely highly illegal, but I wonder if these abandoned crews could seize these ships and sell them, even if only for scrap.

There's likely some unscrupulous folks out there willing to buy them.