Press Release - ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting) has been selected by Prime Tanker Management (Prime) to implement the recently launched Restart Risk Model™ to help resume operations safely at the company’s facility in Athens, Greece, and mitigate COVID-19 risk. ABS Consulting will work with Prime’s Incident Management Team (IMT) virtually to assess the inherent risk of … [Read more...]
ABS Group Expands Remote Capabilities for Process Safety Management
Press Release - ABS Group of Companies, Inc. (ABS Group) is expanding its remote process safety management (PSM) capabilities for facility owners to help the Oil, Gas and Chemicalindustries maintain effective and efficient safety management for critical assets and operations. The development comes days after American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), ABS Group’s parent … [Read more...]
ABS Grants AIP for First Jones Act Offshore Wind SOV
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded the first Approval in Principle (AIP) to VARD for its design of a Jones Act service operations vessel (SOV) for the U.S. offshore wind industry. The AIP, which was awarded this week at the International Work Boat Show in New Orleans, is the first granted for a Jones Act-compliant SOV for the U.S. wind market. It covers … [Read more...]
ABS Issues Guidance for Fighting Container Fires
International classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published guidance to address fire-fighting and safety systems of cargo holds of containerships following a series of high-profile incidents. The guidance specifies the ABS requirements for addressing fire safety in four key areas, including fire-fighting for containers stowed on deck, … [Read more...]
American Ethane Carriers to Build 17 Very Large Ethan Carriers
Houston-based American Ethane Company has unveiled plans to build 17 very large ethane carriers (VLECs) to transport U.S. ethane to China. The 150,000 cbm capacity VLECs will be constructed in China at shipyard in Hudong-Zhonghua and Jiangnan. American Ethane collaborated with ABS on technical and regulatory requirements for the VLECs that will supply ethane from the U.S. … [Read more...]