Don't blame the coastgaurd!
BUT, consider;
Foreign flagged ships operating on shoestring budgets, tired crews, minimal training,differing licensing standards, language difficulties, very poor pay, low motivation, complacency (driven by imporoved reliability of equipment), poor international monitoring of safety standards, - all perhaps caused by management putting cost issues ahead of safety in todays marine world.
Couldn't happen to avaition though could it????