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ABS Releases Prestige Report
the Prestige Casualty.” It is available for download from the ABS website (www.eagle.org). The report assesses vulnerabilities that may have theoretically existed…
Castor's Downfall: Hyper-Accelerated Corrosion
Few marine incidents have vexed the collective international marine community as much as the recent situation with the damaged product tanker Castor, a ship, which…
Innova to Build Monitors for L-3 Communications
Innova Electronics, Inc. was awarded the bid to custom build ABS Type Approval Monitors for L-3 Communications EDI. marine structures or facilities. The monitor…
Christenings & Deliveries: Pocket Cruiser for Patagonia
Built to a design by Seattle-based Elliot Bay Design Group, the Chilean pocket cruise ship "Mare Australis" made her maiden voyage this past November. With a crew…
Workboats: The World's Largest OSV
There are several large offshore service vessels working in the Gulf of Mexico, but none so big and powerful as the Laney Chouest. At 348 ft. long by 72 ft. wide with a 31-ft.
FGH Delivers Power Barges
Waller Marine, Inc., took delivery of two 30 MW power barges from the Friede Goldman Offshore shipyard, Pascagoula, MS, in April 2001 and immediately loaded the vessels on the M.V.
ABS To Develop Brazil's Offshore Operational Safety Regulations
ABS Group Inc. was chosen by Brazil's Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP) to develop the country's "Operational Safety Regulation for Exploration and Production Operations."…
ABS Enjoys Steady Growth
ABS Chairman and CEO Frank J. Iarossi reported a solid financial performance for 2000 with consolidated gross revenues of $357.9 million, an 18.2 percent increase…
Tuna Farming Goes Offshore
Izar Fene Shipyard, in collaboration with Itsazi Aquaculturehas, has developed an Offshore unit for the breeding, fattening and transport of the bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynuus).
German Government Signs Agreement with ABS
At a landmark signing ceremony in Hamburg Monday, the German ship safety authority See-Berufsgenossenschaft approved ABS as a recognized organization for conducting…
Offshore News
A contract for the construction of a deepwater construction vessel was signed by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., and Torch, Inc. The Guido Perla & Associates-designed 340 x 85 x 31 ft.
Operational Management Program for Offshore Industry
ABS Nautical Systems LLC has released a new version of its advanced ABS SafeNet operational and management system software, developed to meet the needs of the offshore industry.
Seacraft Delivers Laurie Tide on Schedule
In addition to delivering Laurie Tide on schedule, Seacraft Shipyard also surpassed all contractual vessel performance requirements. Christened by her namesake, Mrs.
Bureau Veritas To Suggest Safety Rules To French Government
French ship classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) was to make three tanker safety proposals to the French government at a meeting last Thursday, proposals are…
Washburn & Doughty Delivers Karen Moran
Washburn & Doughty delivered Karen Moran, second in a series of six identical Z Drive tugs being constructed for the Moran Towing Corporation of Greenwich, Conn.
Crowley Takes Delivery of PRT Tug
Crowley Marine Services recently accepted the delivery of Alert - the first of a trio of new 140 ft. 10,192-hp Prevention and Rescue Response Tugs (PRT's) under…
Great Ship - SK Supreme
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. is scheduled to deliver by year's end, the largest size LNG carrier of GTT Mark-III membrane type and is scheduled to deliver two more vessels within 2000.
Innovative Double Hull Re-Build
Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Company was recently chosen by Maritrans Operating Partners L.P., a subsidiary of Maritrans, Inc., to retro-fit the company's second single-hull vessel…
New Class Initiatives Ready For Implementation
Implementation of nine of the ten sweeping safety initiatives announced by ABS, DNV and Lloyd's Register on March 15, 2001 will take place on July 1 as scheduled…
Janet M. McAllister Welcomed To NY
It’s ironic that New York City’s most powerful tugboat is named after two year old Janet M. McAllister, who, dressed smartly in a sailor suit, christened her namesake…