Reddit mentions of Outlaw Sea

I'm not happy to say this but nobody will really be punished for this sinking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

The Estonia was three times the death toll and it's proven impossible to bring the responsible parties to justice. The sea is lawless and these ships operate behind flags of convenience and corporate cutouts. You might see a captain or a junior executive hung out to dry, that's part of their job description. Maybe, possibly you might see this faceless millionaire get made into a scapegoat because he seems too perfect not to be vilified. But as pointed out in a prior comment, there are hundreds of culpable parties here, hundreds of people who looked the other way and allowed this criminal activity to happen. Same as with the financial scandals. We can shake our fists at someone like Bernie Madoff but there were hundreds of people who were negligent or complicit in his crimes. Same with Ken Lay and Enron. You think the banks didn't notice there was something funny with his books? You hear all about the pirates in the history books but what about the respected merchants and pillars of the community who were fencing the blood-soaked goods? They'll hang the pirates but the merchants will never be touched.

This book has the most harrowing account of a sinking I've ever read, survivors forced to abandon family members who couldn't outpace the water, a ship turned sideways with corridors becoming deadly shafts, the few who made it cutting their feet to ribbons standing on the barnacle-encrusted hull of the turtled ship. Starts with the Estonia, moves on from there.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Outlaw-Sea-World-Freedom/dp/0865477221

It's also found in his book "The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime," which is a collection of his long-form Atlantic (but I repeat myself) articles on nautical topics, such as modern piracy, shipbreakers in Alang, and the like.

I finished reading this book a few weeks ago. The timing is uncanny. It details the gross disregard of safety regulations that ship owners employ on the world's oceans, seas and lakes. Definitely worth a read, if anyone finds themselves wanting more contextual information regarding this incident and others like it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Outlaw-Sea-World-Freedom/dp/0865477221