American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Proposes New Rules for Ultra Large Container Ships

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Proposes New Rules for Ultra Large Container Ships

Due to rapid development in the container market and huge competition among the companies, the ship owners are looking for a new breed of container ship having a large capacity of up to 18000 TEU (Twenty Equivalent Unit). The earlier rules and requirements were developed for conatainer ship of 130 to 350 Meters length. But due to rapid expansion of the global container trade, the upper limit of the range of length i.e. 350 meters has already been reached, and thus new rule is required to cover container ship upto 450 meters length.

What are the Periodic Safety Routines that Should be Carried Out on a Ship?

What are the Periodic Safety Routines that Should be Carried Out on a Ship?

Onboard ship different machinery, alarms, and safety equipments need to be checked periodically to ensure the overall safety of ship. In case you have to make a checklist of things to make sure the ship runs safe, what are the things that you would include? We have made a list of important things that should be checked without fail for the overall safety of the ship.