ABS: Guide for Smart Functions for Marine Vessels and OUs

The American Bureau of Shipping has released the revised Guide for Smart Functions for Marine Vessels and Offshore Units.

Purpose

The purpose of this Guide is to:

i) Establish a goal-based framework for Smart Function (SF) implementation;
ii) Establish a risk informed approach and requirements for Smart Function assessment;
iii) Offer optional Smart Function class notations;
iv) Provide recognition to Service Suppliers (SSs) offering Smart Function services;
v) Issue Product Design Assessments (PDAs) to Smart Function system hardware and software;
vi) Extend equipment PDA documents with attachment for manufacturers equipment to recognize Smart Functions for alternative survey approach;
vii) Establish alternate means to credit survey after construction requirements.

Audience

This Guide is intended for use by marine vessel and offshore unit owners, operators, designers, shipyards, equipment and system manufacturers, as well as Smart Function product and service suppliers, vendors, and integrators.

December 2023 Edition

The December 2023 edition clarifies the Tiers for the SMART(SHM) notation, extends the applicability of SMART(SHM) to smaller vessels and non-ship-shape assets, and provides an avenue for approval of SMART(SHM) for local structures independent of global hull assessment.

It also deletes Tier 4 for SMART(SHM), since a risk-based framework that quantifies or qualifies uncertainties and risk factors relevant to data collection, data quality, analysis and simulation, construction, and operation can be incorporated into each of the current SHM Tiers 1, 2, and 3.

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