ABS Awards Industry’s First AIP for Infection Mitigating Design to Samsung Heavy Industries
JDP Applies ABS Infection Mitigation Approach to Design of Vessel Accommodation and Ventilation System(HOUSTON) In an industry first, ABS has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Approval in Principle (AIP) for crew accommodation and ventilation systems designed to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19. The AIP is the product of a joint development project (JDP) between ABS and SHI that applied the principles described in the ABS Guide for Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets to a crude oil tanker, a container carrier