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ABS Launches Products To Advance Ship Safety

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has introduced SafeHull '96 and SafeNet, announced Chairman Frank J. Iarossi.

SafeHull '96 is an extension of ABS' revolution- ary SafeHull system, a dynamic-based method for design and evaluation of ship structures.

The SafeHull '96 initiative extends this tech- nology from tankers and bulk carriers to con- tainerships. It also introduces more flexible and user-friendly features including Window

PC and workstation operating environments. "The capability to perform dynamic analyses through SafeHull has armed ABS with a unique and powerful tool. This gives us the capability to analyze ship structures from a real life, first principles basis, in a way not previously avail- able to the marine industry," said Mr. Iarossi. "Having developed its use to identify critical structural areas during the design and evalua- tion phase and to realistically account for the dynamic loading pattern a ship experiences throughout its lifetime at sea, ABS is now tak- ing the application of SafeHull into another dimension by incorporating it into an entirely new ship management product called SafeNet."

SafeNet is a life cycle ship management and information network designed to assist shipowners with the increasingly complex task of managing their vessels.

The network will reportedly give owners the capability to directly access all classification- related technical and survey information for both the machinery and hull structure on ABS vessels. ABS and the owner will be able to work together to continually assess the integrity of both hull and machinery in order to develop a planned maintenance program for executing surveys, maintenance and repair.

The mission of ABS is to promote the security of life, property and the environment through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of ships and marine-related facili- ties. In keeping with this mission, SafeHull and SafeNet have been developed in response to needs expressed by the marine industry.

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P&O Orders Two

Containerships From

Japanese Shipyard

P&O Containers has signed an agreement with Japanese

Shipyard IHI to build what will reportedly be two of the world's largest containerships. The new ships will each have a capacity of 6,674 TEUs, greater than any con- tainer ship currently in service, and will be driven by one of the most powerful marine diesel engines ever built.

When the vessels are delivered in 1998, it is expected that they will join the Grand Alliance operation between Europe and the Far East. "The investment in ships of this size reflects not only the continu- ing growth of world trade and con- tainerized cargo in particular, but also the benefits of scale coming from our membership of the Grand

Alliance," said P&O Managing

Director Robert Woods. "By uti- lizing ships with this capacity, we are able to manage our tonnage effectively, and together with our partners in the Grand Alliance, provide a service that will meet the demands of our customers in the future."

Astilleros Espanoles Signs

Contract For Two

Containerships

Astilleros Espanoles has secured a contract for a series of two con- tainerships which will be built at its Barreras yard in Vigo. The order has been placed by Naviera del Odiel, a Spanish owner operat- ing in partnership with Sea-Land, a leader in cargo transport.

Total capacity of the ships will be 1,000 TEU — 200 of which will be refrigerated. A flexible design has been adopted, therefore containers of different lengths and heights can be accommodated. The vessels will be operated between mainland

Spain and the Canary Islands, as well as around the Mediterranean

Sea.

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