ABS has once again been recognized for its service delivery in the Middle East. At the Sixth Annual International Maritime Awards, ABS received Marine BizTV’s Best Classification Society award at a reception dinner following the ShipTek 2013 conference in Dubai, UAE.
The occasion marked the third consecutive time ABS has received this recognition. ABS was named best classification society in 2010 and 2011; the event was not held in 2012.
In 2012, ABS received numerous orders requesting ABS class and the transfer of approximately 1.34 m GRT of vessels from other IACS members. Owners throughout the region have great confidence in ABS.Many new orders have been placed requesting ABS class and the transfer of approximately 1.34 m GRT of vessels from other IACS members to ABS in 2012 are evidence of this. In fact, ABS has the largest presence of any classification society within the Middle East region’s offshore sector, with 100 percent of the market share at several of the most prominent shipyards. Part of the reason ABS has the full share of the work is that the ABS survey team offers a broad range of offshore support capabilities and services, including guidance for diving systems and FPSO conversions.
This award is an acknowledgement of our contributions in the Middle East region and reflects the hard work and dedication of our surveyors, engineers and supporting staff, who are contributing to ongoing regulatory and technology developments.
Every self-elevating drilling unit and semisubmersible drilling unit in the UAE has been built to ABS classin accordance with the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Units, and we are working on the first-ever tanker conversions for the modular capture vessels project at Drydocks World Dubai.
With so many offshore units in the region, the new ABS Guidance Notes on Accidental Load Analysis and Design for Offshore Structures are being well received. ABS is the first class society to release such comprehensive guidance and the first to use risk-based assessment techniques.
ABS has maintained offices throughout the Middle East for more than 35 years. With a regional classed fleet currently undergoing significant expansion, the organization maintains the largest survey team of any class society in the region and recently inaugurated a new office in Fujairah, UAE, to increase operational efficiency. Another milestone was reached in 2012 with the opening of an expanded engineering office in Dubai.
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