A new publication from ABS, 'Safety Insights for Ammonia as a Marine Fuel', brings together the findings of advanced ABS research into the performance of ammonia on board. It aims to answer questions such as 'How does ammonia behave when it leaks in an engine room?'...
As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, DNV says that it will follow international sanctions and the intentions behind them, and is reviewing all ongoing contracts and operations with Russian entities and winding down all related business. Remi Eriksen, DNV Group...
ABS has launched Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory and Carbon Accounting, adding to its suite of marine and offshore sustainability services, pairing Marine and Offshore Insight with Carbon Economics. GHG Inventory and Carbon Accounting enables organisations to quantify...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to InfraCore Company for its design, modelling, production and testing of a full glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rudder flap for an 18,500 TEU container ship. The certificate was delivered as...
ABS has published a whitepaper proposing a goal-based framework for future rules to enable autonomous vessel operations, setting out 10 goals to create a framework for the design and operation of autonomous vessels and addressing key issues in implementation. The ABS...
Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President, and CEO, has told the American Hydrogen Forum that: “Transportation and safety, as well as standards and regulation, are going to be nothing short of boundary conditions in this energy transition.” Wiernicki continued:...
Classification Society ClassNK will calculate the CO2 emissions from the ships to be financed under a Sustainability-Linked Loan provided by Orix Corporation. The ship finance agreement signed between Orix and a shipowner in Hong Kong is a sustainability-linked loan....
As shipowners navigate an ever more complex regulatory environment, ABS has appointed specialist Stamatis Fradelos as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Fradelos, who returns to ABS’ Athens office, where he was previously Business Director and member of the IACS...
The world's first ammonia-fuel ready vessel in the world, the ABS-classed Suezmax tanker 'Kriti Future', has been delivered to owner Avin International, flying the Greek Flag. The landmark 274m-long vessel was built by New Times Shipbuilding (NTS). Currently...
The Korean Register (KR) has developed new ‘Guidance for Underwater Radiated Noise’ which it says will help protect marine ecosystems by reducing noise from ships. As ships’ size and speed increases to handle high volumes of seaborne trade so underwater radiated noise...
The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Panasia for the ‘Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage System (CCS)’, an eco-friendly technology which captures CO2 emitted in the exhaust gases generated from the...
A pioneering joint development project (JDP) between ABS and Nakilat - Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) is to examine how techniques developed by ABS for its programme of remote in-service vessel surveys can be applied to surveys and inspections in the shipyard....
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a coordinated design for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in conjunction with the innovative BargeRack feeder barge system by Friede and Goldman (F&G). The design enables the...
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