ABS approves LNG fueled Z-drive towboat design
DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered Conrad Shipyard, L.L.C. and the Seabrook, TX, based Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) have developed the design of a 4,200 hp liquefied natural gas (LNG)
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ABS grants AIP to Sevan FLNG
NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — ABS has granted Arendal, Norway, based Sevan Marine AS approval in principle (AIP) for its cylindrical floating LNG (FLNG) production unit concept for offshore production, storage and transfer
ABS gets $8.5 million MSC contract
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, is being issued an $8,500,000 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00033-13-D-8015) with firm-fixed-price task orders to provide vessel classification services
ABS offers BWMS selection service
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 — Classification society ABS has launched a Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) Selection Service to assist designers, shipyards, owners and operators in selecting the solution suited to the unique
ABS opens Beijing office
AUGUST 26, 2014 — Classification society ABS is opening a new office in Beijing, China. It says the new office will allow further collaboration with government, industry, academic institutions and research organizations
ABS approves new LNG coastal barge design
AUGUST 22, 2014—ABS recently awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) to a new 3,000 m3 capacity Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tank barge design. The new LNG transport barge designed was developed by
ABS and MARAD in new agreement on NDRF
AUGUST 1, 2014 — The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) have entered into a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishing the policies and procedures regarding the
Thome grabs environmental award from Port of Long Beach
JULY 29, 2014—Slowing down pays off. Thome Ship Management, part of the Thome Group, learned that when it was recently awarded a Green Environmental Achievement Award by the Port of Long Beach,
ABS to class world’s first CNG carrier
JULY 29, 2014 — ABS has been chosen to class the world’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier. Designed by China’s CIMC Ocean Engineering Design & Research Institute, the ship has been
ABS, Daewoo to jointly develop LNG-fueled drillship
JULY 3, 2014—Leading classification society ABS, Houston, TX, has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop the first Liquefied Natural Gas-fueled