tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post2631307392057132160..comments2022-12-04T17:45:18.788+05:30Comments on The Arguments within: Drug and Alcohol policy in shippingManishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707310788082472814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post-72451731475591420622009-03-06T03:03:00.000+05:302009-03-06T03:03:00.000+05:30Hello ARN,I am exhilerated to see a common man'...Hello ARN,<BR/>I am exhilerated to see a common man's interest in smthing which otherwise is uninteresting to non-related people. <BR/>Shipping has produced the biggest environmental lawsuit of the world through a spillage of some tens of thousands of crude oil in every incident. The last known biggest disaster was that of ship 'Exxon Valdez' at the coast of Alaska in 1989. The US has to enact one new and specifically formed law called OPA-90 (OPA=Oil Pollution act) to bring justice to the affected coastners. The company, a big oil gaint, went bankrupt because of this one single incident in paying the liabilities which were to the tune of US$400Billion. <BR/>The entire accident was due to the ship's captain not able to come on an emergency call by its third officer, as the captain was drunk.! Eversince there has been a D&A policy compulsory in all companies thru an IMO mandate. Interestingly the Exxon, despite suffering, did not make a zero-tolerance policy but only a well regulated consumption policy-- maybe becoz Alcohol is a social necessity, as i understand.<BR/>In contrast, we Indian minds, who are in a habit of accepting, promoting,and forming hypocritical laws, have formulated on our own a zero-tolerance regime, implying as though that we never consume alcohol in any form! that extreme hypocrisy in our law-making is doing greater injustice, against our own people by Indians themselves.<BR/>that's what i wanted to put my voice on.Manishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707310788082472814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post-54949059517546241642009-03-06T01:17:00.000+05:302009-03-06T01:17:00.000+05:30I'm kinda new to this sort of stuff.What exact...I'm kinda new to this sort of stuff.<BR/>What exactly is the deal with the Drug&Alcohol policy in shipping?-=A.R.N.=-https://www.blogger.com/profile/01719325314663706788noreply@blogger.com