ABS joins the International Windship Association

ABS joins the International Windship Association

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has joined the International Windship Association (IWSA), the not-for-profit organisation that promotes and helps facilitate the uptake of direct wind propulsion solutions for commercial shipping. ABS has become increasingly involved...
AI rising in marine and offshore coating inspection

AI rising in marine and offshore coating inspection

Machine Learning has produced results at least equal to human judgement when inspecting coating condition, explains Gu Hai, ABS Director of Technology Assessing the condition of marine and offshore coatings continues to be one of the major tasks to be addressed during...
ABS reaches an IHM century with Seaspan

ABS reaches an IHM century with Seaspan

ABS has just scheduled its 100th Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) Certification for Seaspan Ship Management, 98 percent of which are remote surveys. ABS is on course to ultimately certify more than 100 vessels for Seaspan, the largest containership lessor in the...