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Yang Ming constructs new smart container vessels

18 May 2020

Yang Ming has unveiled that its ten 2,800TEU container vessels, currently being constructed by CSBC, will receive Smart Ship notations from international classification societies.

Starting this year, these ships will be delivered and deployed to the company’s intra-Asia services.

ABS, DNV GL, Bureau Veritas (BV) and Classification Society (CR), a Taiwanese non-governmental and non-profit class society, that is not a member of the International Association of Classification Societies, are the...

https://container-news.com/yang-ming-constructs-new-smart-container-vessels/

Common Structural Rules Software updated with multiple improvements

10 March 2020

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Common Structural Rules Software updated with multiple improvements.

10 March 2020 – Common Structural Rules Software LLC, a joint venture company formed by Lloyd’s Register (LR) and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), has released updates with new functionality added to both the Common Structural Rules (CSR) Prescriptive Analysis (PA) and CSR Finite Element Analysis (FEA) applications.

The software provides users with an easy way to evaluate designs. It...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/03/10/common-structural-rules-software-updated-with-multiple-improvements/

ABS issues industry-leading guide for firefighting for cargo areas of container carriers

12 November 2019

The ABS Guide for Fire-Fighting Systems for Cargo Areas of Container Carriers has just been published, in an industry first.

The guide is the first of its kind to address firefighting and safety systems of cargo holds of container vessels, the location of a series of high-profile fires onboard.

“Container Carriers have grown much larger in recent years and the volume of cargo carried has expanded significantly. In addition, the nature of the cargo has changed. Fires involving containers,...

https://container-news.com/abs-industry-leading-guide-firefighting/