construction and maintenance programmes. “In a time of constrained ship construction
and maintenance funding, enhanced quality systems provide an opportunity for increased returns on capital investments,” he says. Vice Admiral Bone says agreements
between ABS, the US Navy and US Coast Guard off er examples of how co-operative efforts between classification societies and governments can develop quality systems designed to improve construction standards, reduce maintenance costs and extend the life of specialised government and military vessels. ABS is currently working on 74 new
construction projects for navies and coast guards worldwide, such as Kuwait, Egypt and Iraq in addition to the US. “ABS continues to invest in developing the systems, processes and workforce to aid the US Navy, US Coast Guard and other sea services around the world in the design, construction and long-term maintenance of vessel assets, including
non-nuclear surface combatants,” he says. T e class society also works with other
interested navy and coast guard officials from foreign nations that want to design, construct and maintain patrol craſt under the ABS Guide for Building and Classing High Speed Naval Craſt as well as identifying appropriate rules that can be utilised for larger vessels. T is includes the early stages of developing Rules for larger non-US naval vessels and continued support of the NATO MCG-6 eff ort to develop and update the Naval Ship Code through membership in the Naval Ship Classifi cation Association. Since World War I, ABS has worked
closely with the US Government to provide classifi cation and class-related services to naval sealiſt and auxiliary vessels. Over the past decade, this relationship has significantly expanded as the US Navy seeks to incorporate ABS guidance into its vessel acquisition and maintenance programmes for non-nuclear surface combatant vessels.
Making a warship needn’t be a battle
In 2003, ABS signed a co-operative agreement with Naval
Sea Systems
Command (NAVSEA) to jointly develop its Naval Vessel Rules (NVR) to support the design and acquisition of naval non-nuclear combatant ships and craft. T is agreement established the ABS Naval Technical Committee, the body responsible for overseeing the maintenance and updating of the Rules to refl ect real world experience and technological innovations. “Developed over decades of commercial
experience, the NVR programme cannot be easily replicated by other third-party assessment organisations,” said Vice Admiral Bone. “Most other third-party assessment organisations are typically limited to technical aspects of a vessel or to a certain life-cycle phase; whereas the ABS programme provides technical continuity across the full
life cycle of a vessel.”
ABS involvement verifies continued compliance with the technical baseline and for the full life of the vessel, while
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