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

ABS launches My Digital Fleet

Timely access to relevant information to support the safe and efficient operation of vessels is critical in the digital era and offers a competitive edge. However, vessel data typically resides in disparate

ABS and Israel Shipyards collaborate on 3D model project

ABS is approving Israel Shipyards’ 3D models as part of its plan review of the shipbuilder’s 45-meter multi-mission Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). “Israel Shipyards is our latest partner where we have been

ABS to class four 98,000-cubic-meter Very Large Ethane Carriers

Four new 98,000-cubic-meter Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) ordered by China’s Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL) are to be built to ABS class. The ethane-fueled VLECs are part of a Phase-2 order from

Simulation project gives design-stage insight into vessel carbon footprint

A joint development program completed by ABS and South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will enable shipyards and vessel designers to analyze the carbon footprint of a vessel at the design

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