>This changed the waterline height, flooding angle, and center of gravity and should have been considered a "major modification" that would have triggered upgrades to current safety standards, including enclosed life boats— under pressure from the ship owners, Coast Guard and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) regulators backed off.
Kinda goes against the whole idea of why these org's exist in the first place. Obviously needs to be looked into.
Whole shipping industry=UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS for this Anon. Very illuminating info in this post.