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Using Smart Technology To Drive More Sustainable Fleets CHALLENGES Smart technology used for health and condition monitoring has significant potential to improve the safety and operational performance of marine assets. ABS worked with Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI Group) qualifying the shipyard’s new technology by issuing a Product Design Assessment (PDA) and a New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for the ‘smart’ functions they designed. SOLUTION Supporting the roll out of HHI Group�...

Danish nuclear energy company Seaborg announced it recently passed a feasibility test by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) which brings it one step closer to bringing its floating nuclear reactor project to fruition. In a press statement, the companys co-founder and CEO Troels Schönfeldt called the step "an important milestone towards [its] ambitious target to deploy the first commercial power barge by 2025." Seaborg’s Compact Molten Salt Reactor is designed to be installed on modular p...