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• The U.S. Coast Guard’s new Subchapter M Rule promises to enhance the safety of assets and operations on America’s inland waterways.
• A new joint industry project seeks to develop standards that will reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies for offshore oil and gas projects.
• The word seems to be everywhere and applied to everything, but what does it actually mean for the maritime industry?
• The American Petroleum Institute is developing standards to help oil and gas companies tackle the challenge of producing from high-pressure, high-temperature reservoirs.
• The Liberty Ships of World War II helped win a war and revolutionize an industry.
• ABS CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki on the surprising connection between Liberty Ships and the ships of the future.

The Cyber Issue

• Girding for battle against the maritime industry’s cyber threats.
• Learning how big data analytics helped bring a revolution to vessel maintenance.
• Exploring futuristic advances in computer control and remote operation of vessels.
• Discovering how connectivity is the key to a new world of service technologies.
• Facing the challenge of change; with ships increasingly dependent on computers, operators are facing the new challenge of managing software change onboard.
• Addressing the Cyber Safety Issue from the U.S. Coast Guard perspective.
• Getting an inside look on how the Human Factors Maritime industry grapples with the human side of cybersecurity.

• Software security and integrity are becoming even more critical to asset integrity.
• Innovative drillship designs are taking on harsh-environment conditions and improving drilling and fuel efficiency.
• Advancing technology promises to bring once-impossible reservoirs within reach.
• Significant reserves estimates make the region attractive, and the recent resurgence of interest has pushed harsh-environment operations to the forefront.

• How researchers help industry tackle the challenges of doing business safely and responsibly in the far north.
• A research program develops new knowledge about, and new technologies to deal with, collision between ice and steel structures.
• An online library of Arctic maritime research serves as a catalyst for cooperation on shipping in the High North.
• The Fram Museum augments its historical mission with advocacy for the Polar regions.
• A giant ship made of ice.
• Viewpoint: Captain John W. Mauger, Chief, Offi ce of Design and Engineering Standards, US Coast Guard and the US Head of Delegation to IMO for the Polar Code

• How the ‘people piece’ holds the sustainability puzzle together.
• Better operations through programs that build bridge teamwork.
• Minimizing the impact of monitoring technology on the human element onboard.
• Two bold moves lead one operator to fulfi ll the promise in its name.
• Years of effort begin to pay off as a leading shipyard group starts living its blueprint for tomorrow.
• One engineering firm made its mark helping subsea infrastructure come to be.
• Surprising ways the human element intrudes on ocean-floor oil and gas development.
• Technology may be forever changing, but mentoring remains the cornerstone of professional development for the engineer.
• Viewpoint: Hassan Basma, CEO of Bumi Armada

• High-efficiency propellers help owners reap better benefits from slow steaming.
• A ship’s propeller is has much in common with an airplane wing, but its design challenge is much more daunting
• Some energy-saving devices work so well because they look so strange
• Launched 170 years ago, the SS Great Britain was a controversial innovation showcase, and the first propeller-driven ship to cross an ocean
• How one company’s solutions for offshore and marine projects help move the gas revolution around the world
• A famed ship repairer grasps a new destiny via the offshore energy sector
• Viewpoint: Richard Du Moulin, President of Intrepid Shipping, Chairman of the Seamen’s Church Institute, and board member of Tidewater, Inc. and Teekay Tankers

• A venerable design house still brings innovative solutions to the evolving world of offshore energy
• Innovation in well services helps make subsea solutions more accessible
• Drydocks World rebounds from a fiscal precipice to find new paths forward
• A well-known carrier rebrands and evolves, but also remains much the same
• A pioneering Arabian Gulf fabricator recovers from rough times to build a new future
• The evolving well services sector opens a world of opportunity for one owner’s innovative jackup barges
• OSV operator evolves with the region it serves
• Viewpoint: Joe Rovig, President, Rig Systems & Aftermarket, National Oilwell Varco 

• Jackup meets jacket in a new ‘do-all’ rig design
• A pilot program explores a radical evolution in the survey cycle for drilling rigs
• A shipyard fi nds new life and prominence by transforming from ship repairer to offshore builder
• IHI’s cargo system may help the LNG world take its next evolutionary step
• Offshore Fukushima, Japan investigates replacing atomic energy with wind power
• Viewpoint: Brian Chang, Chairman, Calm Ocean Pte Ltd. 

• A major building program helps one naval architecture firm celebrate seven decades of bringing new ideas to life
• Collision risk studies are growing in importance to planning offshore energy projects
• How one company’s floating accommodations units have evolved to meet the special needs of offshore oil and gas activities
• Two views on Norway’s ‘OSV town’, from its pioneering shipowner and its latest resident shipbuilder
• Sinopacific reaches out to Norway’s maritime cluste
• The Vikings’ magical aid to navigation has stepped out of legend to take its place among the tools that helped change the course of history
• One shipowner is making a mark with an innovative approach to ship management services for specialist vessels
• Since the dawn of shipbuilding, the art of survey has been passed on through the art of mentoring
• Viewpoint: Olav Eikrem, Technical Director, Frontline Management AS 

• From commodity pricing to international relations, effects of America’s shale gas boom are echoing around the world
• A bold order from US-flag shipowner TOTE may mark the long-awaited breakthrough of natural gas as a main engine fuel for the global merchant fleet
• Waller Marine’s bold vision for a coastal network of LNG production, storage and transport may help natural gas become the marine fuel of the future world fleet
• Selah Shipyard seeks to make its small-vessel experience the basis of a new niche business: supplying offshore service vessels to demanding European owners
• An old dream approaches reality as the mining sector contemplates retrieving minerals from the deep ocean floor
• Viewpoint: Katharina Stanzel, Managing Director of Intertanko, on challenges facing the tankship sector 

• The Singapore Maritime Foundation aims to help shape the maritime hub of Asia
• How Singapore turned weakness into strength to become a world leader in water technologies
• Rony Sudjaka puts a half century of experience into creating innovative, high-quality offshore support vessels
• The Singapore Offshore Technology Center helps new ideas develop into new knowledge and become new technologies
• Ignazio Messina & Company makes the most of the versatile ro-ro
• Francesco Bellusci, Managing Director, Scorpio Ship Management 

• Will the WindFloat open the door to viable deepwater wind energy?
• Antonio Vidigal, CEO of the Innovation division of Energías de Portugal (EDP), shares thoughts on alternative energy and offshore wind
• Harvey Gulf International Marine orders the fi rst natural gas-powered offshore service vessels for operation in US waters
• Motive, means and opportunity may fi nally be coming together for the maritime industry’s natural gas revolution
• ABS@150: the enduring legacy of the finite element revolution
• Through Hamburg’s maritime museum, a prominent maritime journalist shares his lifelong love of ships, shipping, seafaring and history
• Captain Richard von Berlepsch, Senior Director, Hapag-Lloyd 

• Prominent shipping man Spyros M. Polemis shares thoughts and observations on the trials, triumphs and future of the industry he has served for half a century
• One company provides an insight into the uncertainties confronting the industry, while another shares its methodology for going forward
• From the shipowner’s perspective, this article addresses critical points to consider during the installation of a ballast water treatment system
• The Coast Guard explains its new rule for vessels intending to discharge ballast into US waters
• Is a radical new alternative to shipboard ballast water treatment a humanitarian solution to a big problem, or simply a nice dream?
• ABS introduces two new specialist services designed around the evolving Greek-controlled fleet
• In the decades following the Second World War, ABS transformed into a global organization and world leader in marine classifi cation and maritime safety.
• Paul J. Ioannidis, Director, Vice President Emeritus, Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, discusses the human element 

• Examining Deepwater Progress
• Joint R&D Efforts Expedite Technology Advances
• Deepwater Moorings Prepare to Go Deeper
• A History of Advancing Offshore Oil & Gas Technologies
• The Golden Age of Gas 

• Ballast water treatment systems help industry face the long standing problem of shipborne bio-invasion
• The New Inspection Regime is the latest advance in the Paris MOU’s 30-year fight to eliminate substandard shipping
• The CEO of famed repair yard Lisnave shares some thoughts with Surveyor on the future of ship repair
• Lisbon’s NavalRocha shipyard is a living piece of Portugal’s industrial history
• For 20 years, the IPTM has kept close watch on the safety and quality of vessels flying the Portuguese flag
• Through collective efforts, classification societies help IMO develop international regulations
• Viewpoint: Richard Schiferli, Paris MOU Secretary General, Reflections on 30 Years of Port State Control 

• The latest evolution of MARPOL Annex VI requires that companies record, analyze and improve the way they and their ships use energy
• Machinery helps ships meet strict sulfur regulations
• The AirMax hopes to boost ship efficiency by replacing part of its hull surface with air
• Anti-foulings move forward as tin fades into history
• Snapshots from 3,000 years of fighting fouling
• Nautical archaeology, engineering and computer science combine to rebuild a ship type not seen in centuries
• Viewpoint: Ulf G. Ryder, CEO of Stena Bulk, on innovation and people  

• What is CDS and Can it Promote Drilling Rig Safety?
• BOEMRE's Drilling Safety Rule
• Classification of Drilling Systems: The ABS Guide
• Encouraging a Culture of Safety Offshore
• Guidelines for Improving Offshore Process Safety
• Essential Safety Culture Features
• Maintaining Safety by Managing Change
• Developing an Oil Response System in the Caspian
• Helix and CGA Develop a Spill Response System
• Riserless Recovery of Top-hole Mud Addresses Key Environmental Issues
• Floating LNG Systems Require Sophisticated Technical Analysis
• Innovation Snapshot: LNG Blanket
• Viewpoint: Regulating the Shipping Industry as a Result of an Offshore Accident
• Deepwater Well Capper Unit at the Heart of Future Spill Response 

• The key role that the shipbuilding and offshore sectors have in China's industrial revolution
• China's national shipbuilding association guides its industry along a scientific path forward
• SWS: A top shipyard's view on how to become a leader
• Hudong-Zhonghua: China’s only LNG carrier builder symbolizes a new era of specialization
• NACKS: For China’s first joint-venture shipyard, quality is the key to success
• Rosheng: This successful private yard symbolizes the evolution of Chinese shipbuilding
• DSIC: In Dalian, China’s first offshore shipyard prepares for an energy-based building boom
• Yantai CIMC Raffels: How one builder made amazing success from a seemingly impossible dream
• COSL’s Decade: Reliability is the key operational factor for China’s top offshore driller
• ABS’ new Greater China Division is the latest step up in a long, evolving relationship 

• Efthimios Mitropoulos reflects on a long professional journey that began on a ship’s deck
• The ship simulator is emerging as one of the future’s key training tools
• A veteran educator assesses how well industry prepares its seagoing staff
• How one flag State works to attract competent youngsters to a sea career
• How the current job market offers seafarers good prospects for a second career ashore
• Views on the serious problem of the administrative burden on board
• The ISM Code may end up being the seafarer’s best friend in combating fatigue
• How designing for habitability enhances vessel safety 

• The European Maritime Safety Agency's view of the industry's interlocked responsibilities
• Thoughts on how romance remains a vital force in Greek shipping
• Arcadia - how one traditional owner adapts to modern crewing needs
• Reducing emissions emerges as the maritime industry's next big technical challenge
• One technical director's take on maintenance
• The Spanopoulos Brothers and their expanding activities
• One shipowner's passion brings luxury yacht-building to Greece
• ABS Piraeus is an office in evolution 

• Step-by-step innovation advances the dream of subsea processing
• Project Mohole and the start of dynamic positioning
• One thruster manufacturer's quest for constant improvement
• New jacking criteria for a new era
• How the Bahamas Maritime Authority addresses offshore vessels
• The US wind power sector prepares to take its technology offshore
• Technical challenges of plugging into the potential of offshore wind energy
• Hard-won know-how migrates from offshore energy to offshore wind