re: #64 Varek Raith

True, but cutting corners may lead to you losing a vessel permanately, with its cargo and perhaps customers.
Short term gain, long term risk.

Yes ,, I would think one whole ship is more valuable to a company than two halves of one

OTOH ,,, I’m sure they are insured

OTOH ,, I’m sure an insurance company will look very closely at maintenance logs before cutting the shipping company a check!