New ABS EVP and CEO

ABS names John McDonald EVP and COO

John McDonald is to become ABS executive vice president and chief operating officer as Tony Nassif has announced plans to retire on December 31, 2021. “Tony has been an exceptional COO and

Three floating turbines have been classed by ABS

ABS classes a floating wind farm

WindFloat Atlantic, 20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, has become the world’s first offshore wind farm to be in class with a classification society, after its three 8.4

Rendering of vessel

Samsung Heavy unveils new ECO-WTIV design

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled its first proprietary Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) design. It breaks new ground by using a combination of advanced green technologies to slash CO2

New report on positioning U.S. offshore wind for expansion

ABS has published a report evaluating the U.S. offshore wind industry’s readiness to deliver the 40 gigawatts of capacity that the International Energy Agency estimates will be installed by 2040. The report

Chouest Jones Act SOV will be ABS classed

The Jones Act offshore wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) that Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) is building to operate on long term charter to Ørsted and Eversource will be classed by ABS.

Keppel O&M delivers world’s first smart LNG bunkering vessel

Delivered by Keppel Offshore & Marine’s Nantong, China, shipyard on January 4, the 7,500 cubic meter bunker capacity FueLNG Bellina is not only Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, but

DNV beefs up cybersecurity

USCG issues guidance on commercial vessel cyber risk

In a regulatory update, ABS Group reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has issued a new work instruction (USCG Work Instruction CVC-WI-0270), providing guidance on the USCG commercial vessel compliance program’s approach

AET shuttle tanker is first to gain ABS SMART (INF) notation

The 152,000 dwt DP2 shuttle tanker Eagle Passos, recently delivered to Singapore headquartered AET Tankers Pte Ltd. by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI) has been granted the SMART (INF) notation by

ABS launches infectious disease mitigation class notation

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing, ABS is addressing the issue of how the physical arrangement of a marine or offshore asset can act to mitigate transmission of infectious diseases? It has published

Remote surveys: ABS schedules 100th hazmat inventory survey for Seaspan

ABS has just scheduled its 100th Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) certification survey for Seaspan Ship Management and says that 98% of these will be remote. ABS reports tha it is on

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