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Generic Rules for Conditions of Classification, Materials and Welding, and Surveys After Construction

Effective Jan. 2013  2013   Mar-14-2013  

List of ABS Notations and Symbols

  2013   Apr-18-2013  

Supplemental Guides for Optional Class Notations

  2007   Jun-13-2012  
13

Certification of Cargo Containers  

  1998  Jun-01-2001  
45

Certification of Container Securing Systems  

  2010  Mar-06-2012  
152

Lifting Appliances  

  2007  Mar-14-2013  
 
 

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