ABS introduces enhanced fire protection guide

摘要

Class society ABS has released the Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements, as guidance for improved safety on offshore vessels and installations as well as oceangoing vessels. "Protection against fires on board vessels and offshore installations is critically important," says ABS chairman and CEO Christopher J Wiernicki. "This new guide represents another significant step taken by ABS toward safer operations." According to ABS director of marine technology Christina Wang, one of the primary goals of the new guide is to provide criteria for notations that increase the level of protection against fires on board vessels, mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), mobile offshore units (MOUs) and offshore installations. Another objective is to reduce the consequences of an onboard fire through specific measures for prevention, detection and fire extinguishing.