>>2005604Simply having regulations is not sufficient. What's important is having adequate regulations and how well they are enforced. These things are constantly improving, but they are far from the best they could be. Also, recall that I'm not only talking about cargo ships but other working vessels as well (and passenger ferries, most importantly). Nice thing about merchant ships is that they're relatively newer and more modern, whereas vessels in other industries (like fishing, for example) have a lot of old shitty boats grandfathered in and exempt from laws. Pic is a life boat from a ferry which was in service in the 90s and saved the life of only one passenger. Note that it's a wooden piece of shit and filled with water. At the time, modern enclosed survival craft were already common among other vessels (like cargo ships) but were not required for passenger ferries. When people like OP are asking "why are life boats so shitty", it's usually stuff like this that they're talking about.
