ABS NS has been selected by d'Amico to implement its software, a leading fleet management system for digital maritime operations, across its entire fleet.
Specialized training services delivered remotely will provide flexible option for enhancing Process Safety, Root Cause Analysis and Cyber Security practices.
U.S. Coast Guard NVIC clarifies that facilities must assess, analyze and address cyber risk to comply with existing Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulations.
Computer based training delivers cost-effective solution to augment classroom training and promote continuous learning across industrial practice areas.
ABS has appointed well-known cyber expert Ian Bramson as its Global Head of Cyber Security. In this role, Bramson will lead the development of a cyber security risk reduction program to meet increasing demand for improved control and visibility of cyber risks.
Arcadia Shipmanagement Co. Ltd. selected ABS Advanced Solutions to implement an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Program to further enhance the reliability of its 15 tanker fleet.
ABS Consulting will exchange technical insights with leading Taiwanese research, testing and certification bodies to further offshore wind capabilities.
Leading ship manager Minerva Marine Inc. will implement an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Program with ABS Advanced Solutions in an agreement sealed during Posidonia 2018.
GenesisSolutions has entered into an Alliance agreement with Infor, a leading enterprise asset management software provider and strategic technology partner.
ABS Group has issued its certification of the design basis for Ocean Resource Ltd's innovative Sea Breeze Gravity "float-out-and-sink" offshore wind turbine foundation system.
ABS Group has been named as the 'Preferred Supplier' for a multi-year project certification contract for the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park project in the United Kingdom.
ABS Group recently conducted industry research and analysis that resulted in an update to last year’s landmark study of Bunkering of Liquefied Natural Gas-Fueled Marine Vessels in North America.
ABS Group has released a new offshore Asset Integrity Management (AIM) service focused on driving operational reliability, efficiency and profitability for asset owners and operators.
ABSG Consulting announced today it is part of a joint venture team awarded a contract to provide quality flood and other risk data to increase public awareness and achieve mitigation actions that help reduce the risk to life and property.
ABS Group has achieved qualification as a supplier to DONG Energy of project certification services for the company's offshore wind projects in Danish Waters.
ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (ABS QE) became the first audit service provider to obtain Provisional Accreditation status from the Center for Offshore Safety (COS) on April 25, 2013.
ABS Industrial Verification (India) Pvt. Ltd. completed its first noise emission test in India for SRC Green Power's wind turbine in Tirunelveli, India, just southwest of the state capital, Chennai.
ABS Group of Companies, Inc. announces its acquisition of maintenance and asset management solutions provider Genesis Technology Solutions, Inc. (GenesisSolutions), headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
ABS Group Ltd. has been selected to provide wind turbine, operation and maintenance and QHSE package management for Typhoon Offshore B.V.'s offshore wind farm, BARD-Nederland.
ABS Group Ltd. has been selected to perform inspections of 49 offshore foundations for RWE Innogy's offshore wind farm, Nordsee Ost, in the North Sea off the German coast.
Dr. Nathan Gould joined a multi-disciplinary research team documenting the effects of the February 22, 2011, earthquake that struck the City of Christchurch, New Zealand.
ABS Group Ltd. has been accepted as a certification body for offshore wind turbines and farms by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
The rescue of 33 men from the San Jose Mine in Chile on October 12-13 was a proud moment for the office of ABS Consulting in Chile, which verified the safety of the capsules.
Representatives from both organizations have been named to the Large Wind Turbine Permitting Guidelines Subcommittee, a US national committee working to identify US national wind turbine design requirements.
In accordance with the MOU, ABS Consulting and ORNL will provide a security and crisis management solutions to enterprise companies, government agencies and critical infrastructure owners and operators.
Global users connected during a virtual experience to learn more about NS Enterprise, the leading maritime fleet management software with more mobile applications than any solution on the market.
P&O Maritime Logistics will use the Nautical Systems (NS) digital maintenance management system to transmit planned maintenance management data and condition-based maintenance activities to ABS.
Port Houston, one of the world's largest ports serving the fourth most populated cities, was recertified to the ISO 28000 supply chain security management system standard in March 2020.
Leveraging over 20 years implementing IBM Maximo, GenesisSolutions has developed a pre-configured Maximo solution with validation package for the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device industries.
Ian Bramson, ABS Group Global Head of Cyber Security, will serve as Chair of IMarEST's newly established Maritime Cyber Risk Management Special Interest Group.
Milestones in certified performance demonstrate an unwavering commitment to supporting clients and strengthening connections across diverse industry verticals.
As proud members of two industry recognized organizations, ABS Group will engage clients in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries to help them stay ahead of safety and regulatory compliance.
The ABS Cyber Security team recently demonstrated how the maritime industry can manage cyber risk in industrial control systems at the DEF CON 27 Hacking Conference.
The new cloud-based solution addresses validation testing and regulatory compliance management for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies.
A delegation from the China Certification and Accreditation Association visited the ABS and ABS Group Global Headquarters to discuss potential cooperation in the area of standards certification.
Randy Montgomery, Senior Director of Oil, Gas and Chemical Services, will serve as Conference Chair of the first U.S. based event in the Pharma TechOps series.
Improving pressure equipment integrity and safety culture program effectiveness. Identifying common pitfalls in risk based inspections. We look back at our top insights from 2018.
ABS Group will exhibit and present on Asset Integrity Management as a silver sponsor at the AMOEF Forum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 29-30, 2018.
ABS Quality Evaluations will conduct a multi-site organization expansion audit in 2018 of MHI Plant Engineering & Construction, Ltd., a new company within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group.
A consortium of experts recently attended an ABS QE seminar in Shanghai to share insights on risk management, energy performance improvement, safety manufacturing, innovation management systems and the newly released ISO 45001:2018 standard.
ABS and its subsidiary ABS Group recently held an Offshore Wind Farm Seminar for more than 70 offshore wind professionals at shipbuilder CSBC's offices in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The Advanced Engineering division has been awarded the 2018 St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers Best Practice Award for a structural renovation project.
Certification to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 demonstrates MQJ's commitment to maintaining the quality, environmental and safety standards of Chikyu, the world's first riser drilling-equipped science vessel.
ABS Group presented an Enterprise Risk Management training course to participants representing a broad range of industries in Santiago, Chile. Learn more about this methodology.
ABS Group has launched the Cal/OSHA PSM Regulation for Refineries Toolkit, a guidance resource comprising information tools and webinars related to the revised process safety management (PSM) regulation for petroleum refinery safety.
ABS QE visited with leadership teams at COSCO (Shanghai) Shipyard, the China Certification and Accreditation Association (CCAA) and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA).
Fred T. White, ABS Group Senior Director of Business Development, Government, was the Commencement speaker for Shepherd University and was presented with an honorary doctorate in business degree.
The Advanced Engineering division demonstrated a controlled blast test at ABS Group's world-class Shock Tube Test Facility in San Antonio, Texas, for attendees of the 13th Global Congress on Process Safety.
ABS Group will provide a regulatory update and webinar covering CPL 03-00-021, OSHA's revised compliance directive for chemical facilities and petroleum refineries.
ABS Group provided the technical feasibility portion of the recently released International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program study on transport of CO2 by ship.
The Great Plains Chapter of the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) awarded ABS Group the 2016 Outstanding Concrete and Masonry Historical Repair Project Award and 2016 Outstanding Transportation Concrete Repair Project Award.
ABS QE has secured a leading position in the Americas providing asset management systems certification based on the Asset Management Standard ISO 55001:2014.
ABS QE's Aerospace Program Manager provided a comprehensive review to address the current transition process of management systems aerospace standard AS9100.
ABS Quality Evaluations, an ABS Group company, recognizes 14 October as World Standards Day through continued support and contributions to global management systems certification.
ABS Quality Evaluations, an ABS Group company, will host a complimentary learning seminar on Oct. 17 in Melbourne, Florida, to network and discuss the new requirements of AS9100D:2016.
ABS Group's Vice President of Global Oil, Gas and Chemical will present on "Best Practices for Implementing a Pipeline Safety Management System" at the 2016 Pipeline Week conference.
On July 18, OSHA released a revised memorandum regarding highly hazardous chemicals and their covered concentrations, which has rescinded and replaced the original June 5, 2015 memorandum.
ABS Group will launch a complimentary webinar addressing the California Department of Industrial Relations' proposed new Process Safety Management standard for improving refinery safety.
To prepare clients for the proposed EPA RMP rule changes, ABS Group will host a complimentary webinar series presented by Steve Arendt, ABS Group VP, Oil, Gas and Chemical.
ABS Quality Evaluations has certified the Human Resources Department of Al Masraf, one of the premier banking institutions in the United Arab Emirates, to ISO 9001:2015.
Risk management involves applying a variety of interrelated hazard/risk evaluation techniques to a project or operating facility, and then using the resulting recommendations to improve safety and reduce operational risks.
Todd Grove, ABS Group President and CEO, was awarded the Michigan Engineering Alumni Merit Award for 2015 from the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Donald Wakefield, Senior Consultant in ABS Group's Safety, Risk, and Compliance service line, has received the 2015 ANS Standards Service Award from the American Nuclear Society.
The Independent International Organisation for Certification's (IIOC) Aerospace College met to discuss changes and certification body related matters planned for the Aerospace series of standards.
ABS Group will be represented at the 5th Annual Global FPSO Forum being held on September 15-17 at the Galveston Convention Center in Galveston, Texas.
GenesisSolutions, a subsidiary of ABS Group, was awarded the 2015 Solution Award for Reliability Engineering for Maintenance (Software) for its Asset Criticality Ranking Tool.
ABS Group will be exhibiting at the West Coast's definitive manufacturing event, Westec 2015, on September 15-17, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
For offshore wind turbines, management of asset integrity must consider a number of potential structural anomalies balanced with comprehensive but efficient inspection planning.
ABS QE recognizes June 9, 2015 as World Accreditation Day, a global initiative established by the International Accreditation Forum and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation.
On its 60th anniversary, the 2020 Hazards 30 conference will be virtual for the first time, taking place over 26-27 November. As Europe's largest annual process safety conference organized by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Hazards 30 will bring together Oil, Gas and Chemical organisations from around the world, along with expertise in Process Safety, Safety Culture, Asset Integrity, Risk Management and other safety fields. There will be a variety of insightful and interactive discussions and presentations, enabling attendees to stay up to date with good practice, new techniques and explore the important lessons learned from past incidents.
Join Dr. Brad Eccles, UK Operations Director for ABS Group's Warrington team, for a presentation on Thursday, 26 Nov., covering an overview of Damage Mechanism Assessment for improving the efficiency and safety of your operations. Brad has worked for ABS Group for over 20 years, gaining valuable knowledge and insights into the ever changing world of process safety. Discover more insights on safety culture and HSE best practices in our Process Safety Management Toolkit.