Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai — ClassNK — has issued the world’s first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.
ABS says it will class INDEPENDENCIA 1, the first ever offshore drilling rig built in Mexico. This is significant in that it represents new offshore construction in the country after a 25
Classification society ABS achieved another record performance in fleet size during 2010, reported Chairman Robert D. Somerville at today’s annual meeting. An eight percent increase in gross tonnage from year-end 2009 resulted
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract by shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for Viking Line, a Finnish ship owner.
Classification society ABS and naval architectural firm Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) have agreed to form a joint venture company, Herbert-ABS Software Solutions, LLC (Herbert-ABS). Herbert-ABS will offer loading and salvage analysis
Classification society Bureau Veritas and COPPE/UFRJ, the ocean engineering department of Brazil’s Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, are to set up a joint development center. The move is intended to speed
ABS President and Chief Operating Officer Christopher J. Wiernicki will assume the duties of Chief Executive Officer of ABS following the classification society’s annual meeting in April 2011. Robert D. Somerville, currently
Passengers from the antarctic cruise ship Polar Star were set to be disembarked from the vessel yesterday at King George Island in the South Shetland Islands., according to IATO, the International Association
Classification society ABS has appointed Todd Grove to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will report to ABS President and COO Christopher J. Wiernicki and be based in the society’s
A project part funded by the EU has developed software said to accurately predict the condition of a vessel’s structure, coating and components. This enables ship owners and operators to schedule maintenance
