Introduction The year 2018 edition of the Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units consists of the nine (9) booklets as shown in Table 1. The purpose of the generic title ABS Rules for Conditions of Classification ?C Offshore Units and Structures (Part 1) is to reflect the expanded contents of PART 1@ as a result of including consolidated requirements for ??Classification?? applicable to all types of offshore units@ pipelines@ risers@ and other offshore structures@ as specified in the Foreword to Part 1. With regard to Part 2@ the purpose of the generic title ABS Rules for Materials and Welding is to emphasize the common applicability of the requirements to ABS-classed vessels@ other marine structures and their associated machinery@ and thereby make PART 2 more readily a common ??PART?? of various ABS Rules and Guides@ as appropriate. The numbering system applied in the Rules is shown in Table 2. 3. The primary changes from the 2017 edition of the Rules are identified and listed in Table The effective date of the indicated Rule Changes is 1 January 2018@ unless specifically indicated otherwise. The effective date of each technical change since 1993 is shown in parenthesis at the end of the subsection/paragraph titles within the text of each Part. Unless a particular date and month are shown@ the years in parentheses refer to the following effective dates: For certain changes that have a major impact on shipyards@ designers and vendors@ ABS has instituted a two-year Rule cycle to give the industry more time to prepare for these changes. The text of these changes will appear in a box along with the effective date just under the existing Rule requirement. Until the next edition of the Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units is published@ Rule Change Notices and/or Corrigenda@ as necessary@ will be published on the ABS website ?C www. eagle.org ?C only@ and will be available free for downloading. It is not intended to publish hard copies of future Rule Change Notices and/or Corrigenda to existing Rules or Guides. The consolidated edition of the Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units@ which includes Rule Change Notices and/or Corrigenda using different colors for easy recognition will be published on the ABS website only when RCN and/or Corrigenda are issued. The listing of CLASSIFICATION SYMBOLS AND NOTATIONS is available from the ABS website www.eagle.org for download.
ABS 5-2018 history
2019ABS 5-2019 STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2019
2018ABS 5-2018 Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels Under 90 Meters in Length 2018
2017ABS 5-2017 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2017
2016ABS 5-2016 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2016
2015ABS 5-2015 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2015
2014ABS 5-2014 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2014
2012ABS 5-2012 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2012
2011ABS 5-2011 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2011
2006ABS 5-2006 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH 2006
2001ABS 5-2001 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS UNDER 90 METERS (295 FEET) IN LENGTH (Updated July and October 2003; Notice 1 - January 2002 (Rev on May 29@ 2003); Notice 2 - July 2002; Notice 3 - September 2002(Rev on April 3@ 2003); Corrigenda/Editorials
2000ABS 5-2000 Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels Under 90 Meters (295 Feet) in Length (Notices and General Information; Corrigenda NO.2-September 2000@ Corrigenda NO.1-September 2000)
1998ABS 5-1998 Rules for Building Steel Vessels Under 90 Meters (295 Feet) in Length (Notices and General Information)
1997ABS 5-1997 Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels Under 90 Meters (295 Feet) in Length (Notices and General Information; Corrigenda NO.2-September 2000@ Corrigenda NO.1-September 2000@ Notice No.5 January 1@ 2001)