ABS: Greek shipping to align strategy with regulation, technology, and safety

“Every owner’s playbook needs to keep a line of sight on three things – regulation, technology readiness timelines and boundary conditions – and must include the elements needed for a short-, mid- and long game such as energy retrofits, electrification and nuclear,” was the message from Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS chairman and CEO, to Greece’s foremost shipowners, ship managers, and charterers at the ABS Hellenic National Committee Meeting.

“The solution calculus for owners in today’s operating environment is 70% fuel, 15% energy efficiency and 15% performance optimization. Alongside that they need to bear in mind the critical role of well-trained people in not only the new equation for success but also safety performance.”

Wiernicki shared how ABS is advancing a new era in safety training with global safety training centers located in Athens, Singapore and Doha.

He outlined how the class society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) fleet has grown to 305 million gross tons and has secured the number one position in the global orderbook share. According to ABS, its safety performance in port state control has consistently ranked number one on a global composite basis