American Bureau of Shipping

ABS inks MOU with USCG Research and Development Center

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center (USCG-RDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that opens the door to collaborative research and development on technologies currently impacting the maritime industry.

ABS and the USCG-RDC each have maritime innovation projects underway that will benefit from cooperative efforts in areas of mutual interest. Activity covered by the MOU could include developing joint research...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/abs-inks-mou-with-uscg-research-and-development-center/

Philip Shapiro announces generational change in Liberty Maritime leadership

Successions aren’t always as fraught as in some TV drama series and a new generation is taking the helm at Lake Success, N.Y, headquartered Liberty Maritime Corporation, which operates a fleet of both U.S.-flag and internationally flagged break-bulk and RO/RO vessels. Philip Shapiro, who founded the company in 1988, is transitioning from president and CEO to chairman of the board. His son, Josh Shapiro, is succeeding him as president and CEO, while his daughter, Brooke Shapiro, has been named...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/philip-shapiro-announces-generational-change-in-liberty-maritime-leadership/

ABS publishes its requirements for LCO2 carriers

With the first LCO2 carriers set to start entering service for the Northern Lights project in Norway and operators such as Tampa, Fla., headquartered Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. seriously eyeing the emerging market, ABS has now published its “Requirements for Liquefied Carbon Dioxide Carriers.”

ABS says that this is the first publication available in the maritime industry dedicated to the design, construction, and classification of LCO2 carriers where liquefied CO2 is carried as cargo.

As...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/abs-publishes-its-requirements-for-lco2-carriers/

Barbara Pickering to succeed Mark Ross as Chevron Shipping president

Barbara Pickering, currently vice president of operations at Chevron Shipping Company, is to be the next president of the company succeeding Mark Ross, who has elected to retire effective May 1, 2024.

Ross has led Chevron Shipping Company since 2015. Prior to that, he served as vice president of operations of the company for four years. He joined Chevron in 1990 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in Chevron’s midstream, upstream, and downstream organizations. He is also a...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/barbara-pickering-to-succeed-mark-ross-as-chevron-shipping-president/

ABS supports ECO on GHG and ESG reporting

ABS is working with leading OSV operator Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) on its decarbonization journey by providing greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability reporting services.

ABS specialists have been working with the ECO team since 2022 providing a gap analysis for the ECO Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Framework.

This led to a full sustainability reporting project in 2023, where ABS supplied technical guidance on the GRI...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/abs-supports-eco-on-ghg-and-esg-reporting/

ABS partners to class 3D-printed ship propeller

ABS is joining Mencast Marine (MMPL), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) on a project to manufacture and class a 3D-printed propeller.

The collaborative project builds upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by ABS and MMPL that is focused on additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, for critical maritime components.

The new initiative has an objective to 3D-print a ship propeller using...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/abs-partners-to-class-3d-printed-ship-propeller/

Υπογραφή συμφωνίας μεταξύ υπ. Ναυτιλίας και ”American Bureau of Shipping”

Συμφωνία εξουσιοδότησης υπεγράφη σήμερα μεταξύ του Υπουργείου Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής και του Αναγνωρισμένου Οργανισμού ”American Bureau of Shipping”.

Η Συμφωνία διέπει την ανάθεση στον Αναγνωρισμένο Οργανισμό, υπηρεσιών προβλεπόμενων από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, για πλοία που φέρουν την Ελληνική Σημαία, καθώς και τις εταιρείες αυτών, όπως αναφέρει το υπουργείο σε σχετική ανακοίνωση.

Το υπουργείο εκπροσωπήθηκε από τον Αρχηγό του Λιμενικού Σώματος – Ελληνικής Ακτοφυλακής Αντιναύαρχο Λ.Σ....

https://www.newmoney.gr/roh/palmos-oikonomias/nautilia/ipografi-simfonias-metaxi-ip-naftilias-ke-american-bureau-of-shipping/

ABS, too, withdraws class services to Russia

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has joined the growing list of classification societies withdrawing services to Russian-linked entities.

The society says that “after careful consideration of the situation in the Ukraine and the Black Sea as well as the applicable sanctions,” it has taken the decision to withdraw all class services involving Russian vessels, assets and companies.

It says that the decision “follows the tragic events developing in Ukraine and a thorough evaluation of the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/abs-too-withdraws-class-services-to-russia/

Cargo owners still ‘in the dark’ as Ever Given compensation row heats up

The stand-off between the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and the Japanese owner of the 20,124 teu Ever Given over compensation has entered a third week.
Meanwhile, European cargo owners are still none the wiser as to when and where their containers will be made available, or the percentage of the value of their cargo that will be required by the average adjusters in the form of an insurance bond or cash …

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https://theloadstar.com/cargo-owners-still-in-the-dark-as-ever-given-compensation-row-heats-up/

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