MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS 2014 NOTICES AND GENERAL INFORMATION.pdf

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1、NoticesandGeneralInformationRULESFORBUILDINGANDCLASSINGMOBILEOFFSHOREDRILLINGUNITS2014NOTICESANDGENERALINFORMATIONAmericanBureauofShippingIncorporatedbyActofLegislatureoftheStateofNewYork1862Copyright2013AmericanBureauofShippingABSPlaza16855NorthchaseDriveHouston,TX77060USATableofConte

2、ntspartNoticesandGeneralInformationCONTENTSIntroduction.....................................................................................................................1TABLE1ApplicableEditionsofBookletsComprising2014Rules..........2TABLE2DivisionandNumberingofRules.................

3、.............................2RuleChangeNotice(2014).............................................................................................3TABLE3SummaryofChangesfromthe2012Rules..............................3iiABSRULESFORBUILDINGANDCLASSINGMOBILEOFFSHOREDRILLINGUNITS.2014Noticesa

4、ndGeneralInformationIntroduction1.Theyear2014editionoftheRulesforBuildingandClassingMobileOffshoreDrillingUnitsconsistsofthenine(9)bookletsasshowninTable1.ThepurposeofthegenerictitleABSRulesforConditionsofClassification–OffshoreUnitsandStructures(Part1)istoreflecttheexpandedcontentsofPA

5、RT1,asaresultofincludingconsolidatedrequirementsfor“Classification”applicabletoalltypesofoffshoreunits,pipelines,risers,andotheroffshorestructures,asspecifiedintheForewordtoPart1.WithregardtoPart2,thepurposeofthegenerictitleABSRulesforMaterialsandWeldingistoemphasizethecommonapplicabili

6、tyoftherequirementstoABS-classedvessels,othermarinestructuresandtheirassociatedmachinery,andtherebymakePART2morereadilyacommon“PART”ofvariousABSRulesandGuides,asappropriate.2.ThenumberingsystemappliedintheRulesisshowninTable2.3.Theprimarychangesfromthe2012editionoftheRulesareidentifieda

7、ndlistedinTable3.TheeffectivedateoftheindicatedRuleChangesis1January2014,unlessspecificallyindicatedotherwise.4.Theeffectivedateofeachtechnicalchangesince1993isshowninparenthesisattheendofthesubsection/paragraphtitleswithinthetextofeachPart.Unlessaparticulardateandmonthareshown