Stay Current with ABS Rules & Guides

Currently, ABS has close to 100 Rules and Guides available for you to download or purchase through the online catalog. The following list reflects annual Rules & Guides updates, starting in 2009.

Part 1 - Rules for Conditions of Classification - Offshore Units & Structures (2012) ( Pub0 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Part 1 - Rules for Conditions of Classification - High-Speed Craft (2007) ( Pub0 )
Rule Change Notice, March 2013
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Part 2 - Rules for Materials & Welding (2013) ( Pub0 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Part 7 - Rules for Survey After Construction (2013) ( Pub0 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Steel Vessels (2013) ( Pub2 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Steel Vessels for Service on Rivers & Intracoastal Waterways (2007) ( Pub4 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Steel Vessels Under 90 Meters (295 ft) in Length (2012) ( Pub5 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (2012) ( Pub6 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Steel Barges (2009) ( Pub10 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing High-Speed Craft (2013) ( Pub10 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Facilities on Offshore Installations (2012) ( Pub63 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Floating Production Installations (2013) ( Pub82 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Marine Health, Safety, Quality, Environmental and Energy Management (The ABS Guide for Marine Management Systems) (2012) ( Pub92 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Crew Habitability on Ships (2012) ( Pub102 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Crew Habitability on Offshore Installations (2012) ( Pub105 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Building & Classing Liftboats (2009) ( Pub107 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Building & Classing Membrane Tank LNG Vessels (2002) ( Pub108 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Building & Classing High-Speed Naval Craft (2007) ( Pub109 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Buckling & Ultimate Strength Assessment for Offshore Structures (2004) ( Pub126 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Building & Classing Liquefied Gas Carriers with Independent Tanks (2010) ( Pub144 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Certification of Lifting Appliances (2007) ( Pub152 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Building & Classing Mobile Offshore Units (2008) ( Pub160 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Crew Habitability on Workboats (2012) ( Pub163 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Compliance with the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 Title 3 Requirements (2009) ( Pub166 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Rules for Building & Classing Offshore Support Vessels (2013) ( Pub180 )
Corrigenda, March 2013
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Guide for Building and Classing Bottom-founded Offshore Wind Turbine Installations (2013) ( Pub176 )
Update, January 2013
This Guide provides criteria for the design, construction, installation and survey of bottom-founded offshore wind turbine installations, which comprise permanently sited support structures and foundations of offshore wind turbines attached on and supported by the sea floor. This publication is only available for download. View Publication

Guide for Dynamic Positioning Systems (2012) ( Pub191 )
Update, January 2013
This Guide replaces ABS' dynamic positioning (DP) system requirements currently included in the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels and the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Offshore Support Vessels. The Guide provides new optional notations and technical specifics that reflect current industry practice and DP technologies and covers the ABS requirements for the design and testing of DP systems. This publication is only available for download. View Publication

Guidance Notes on Biofouling Management Plans (2013) ( Pub192 )
New, January 2013
To assist the marine industry, ABS issued theses Guidance Notes and an accompanying template to provide practical assistance to shipmasters, operators and owners, shipbuilders, ship cleaning and maintenance operators, and other interested parties in the development of a biofouling management plan. This publication is only available for download. View Publication

Guide for Portable Accommodation Modules (2013) ( Pub193 )
New, January 2013
This Guide outlines the ABS requirements for the design and survey of accommodation modules installed onboard ABS-classed mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), mobile offshore units (MOUs), offshore installations (fixed or floating), steel barges and steel vessels. The requirements are for design, construction, installation, and survey of accommodation modules and are based on the applicable ABS Rules and Guides for the vessel type. This publication is only available for download. View Publication

Guide for Thruster-Assisted Mooring (TAM, TAM (Manual)) for Mobile Mooring Systems (2013) ( Pub194 )
New, January 2013
This Guide captures the evaluation procedure and technical requirements for verifying the eligibility of a TAM system (for mobile offshore units) for the optional notations TAM (automatic position control system) and TAM (Manual) (manual position control system). This publication is only available for download. View Publication

Guide for Building and Classing Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installations (2013) ( Pub195 )
New, January 2013
This Guide provides criteria for the design, construction, installation and survey of permanently sited floating offshore wind turbine installations. It addresses three principal areas: the floating support structure, the stationkeeping system, and the onboard machinery, equipment and systems that are not part of the turbine rotor-nacelle assembly (RNA). The criteria applicable to bottom-founded offshore wind turbine support structures and foundations are provided in the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Bottom-Founded Offshore Wind Turbine Installations.This publication is only available for download. View Publication

Part 7 – Rules for Survey After Construction (2013) ( Pub0 )
Corrigenda, January 2013
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Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels (2013) ( Pub2 )
Rule Change Notice, January 2013
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Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels (2013) ( Pub2 )
Corrigenda, January 2013
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Rules for Building and Classing Offshore Support Vessels (2013) ( Pub180 )
Rule Change Notice, January 2013
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Rules for Building and Classing Offshore Support Vessels (2013) ( Pub180 )
Corrigenda, January 2013
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