Tag: ABS

ABS, provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, was awarded accreditation by Greece’s National Accreditation Body, the Hellenic Accreditation System, to perform assessments for EU Monitoring, Reporting and Verification compliance. Central to the EU MRV requirements is the development and implementation of an emissions monitoring plan.

USCG and ABS Group entered into agreement which focus on the multiple domains associated with HSI including human factors engineering, manpower, personnel, performance support and training, system safety, habitability and personnel survivability for systems under development.

The focus on cyber safety is increasing, and that is changing the expectations industry has for classification services. Thus, ABS has issued its first notation for the ABS Guide for Cyber security Implementation for the Marine and Offshore Industries.

ABS is providing resources that could improve safety on containerships with the enhanced Guide for Certification of Container Securing Systems and new companion software, ABS C-LASH™.

By working together, LR and ABS have provided fully up-to-date straightforward tools for the whole industry to use when applying CSR.

ABS has published the ABS Guide for Habitability of Industrial Personnel on Accommodation Vessels which establishes criteria for improving the living environment and ambient environment on board accommodation vessels.

ABS has announced that it presents cyber seminars in multiple locations across Europe to deliver critical safety guidance. The ABS CyberSafety™ program team is presenting industry-leading guidance to address cyber-related threats and risks in the marine and offshore environments and explaining how the comprehensive ABS program can be used to combat cyber threats.

The ABS classification society recently published guide regarding the bunkering of liquefied natural gas aiming to outline the requirements for the design, construction, and survey of LNG carriers and barges fitted with dedicated LNG transfer arrangements and intended to operate in regular LNG bunkering service.

Kirsi Tikka, Executive VP, ABS responded to SAFETY4SEA questions providing an overall forecast for the smart shipping developments in 2017. Dr. Tikka noted that the idea of ‘smart shipping’ represents a positive shift which includes many challenges and highlighted that remote monitoring, remote maintenance and autonomous operations are the three evolutionary stages that will drive changes to ship design and construction.