Most crew & workers on container ships make $30,000 – $60,000. They would love to slow down so the whales have a chance of getting out of the way. These whales died a slow, agonizing death from ship strikes fracturing their skulls.
A ship's crew has a schedule to meet. The schedules are set with profit in mind. How can schedules take into account whales and other criteria that has nothing to do with profit?
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