ABS and HHI Group join forces on D&D

Launched at a ceremony during Gastech, the new framework, the industry’s first D&D ecosystem between class, shipyard and ship service company, enables HHI, HGS and ABS to support alternative means of compliance using the newly commissioned ABS Remote Decision Support Center, supported by technology and services from HHI and HGS. Also enabling identification of new technologies, designs, fuels and simulation techniques for mutual clients, the ultimate goal is to establish a lifecycle partnership from the design through to post-delivery of assets.

“ABS is a leader in data and digital and at the forefront of assisting the maritime industry to meet the IMO’s decarbonisation objectives,” explained Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS chairman, president and chief executive.

“We are proud to work with HHI and HGS. In parallel, we will examine the myriad of possible technologies to be able to bring forward the most technically mature, economically viable, and compliant concepts to ship owners,” he added.

As part of the framework the three companies will outline the need for new cyber security standards. Communications companies which specialise in data transmission will pursue a proprietary data infrastructure standard aligned to support data exchange, integration, and analysis for classification and non-class purposes. The new framework will be applied to ABS classed vessels being designed and constructed by HHI and sold with HGS lifecycle services.

Based on these new concepts HHI, HGS and ABS will work together to advance the state of vessel design with possibilities ranging from alternative fuels to options for all-electric vessels.