# NTSB El Faro Report Meeting **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [December 12, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ntsb-el-faro-report-meeting/46830 "2017-12-12T15:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 87
**Author:** ![johnny.dollar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@johnny.dollar](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/johnny.dollar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ntsb-el-faro-report-meeting/46830/87 "2017-12-17T21:05:51Z")
> [@tugsailor](#): > > It appears as if Many shipping companies take a similar approach: as long as we can hoodwink the USCG and ABS into passing it, it’s good enough, drive her hard and generate as much revenue as possible, before they catch on. Why is this done though? Why in the USA are ships run far past their usable lifespan? Is it because the USCG and ABS keep passing the POS on inspections? Is it because it is not possible to replace the ship with a newer one? Do other first-world countries have this problem of hunks of junks continuing to sail in the deep sea fleets? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ntsb-el-faro-report-meeting/46830)._