Guide for Certification of Container Securing Systems revised by ABS

The American Bureau of Shipping, on 1 March 2024, released the revised Guide for Certification of Container Securing Systems.

The January 2024 edition added a Reduction Factor for transverse acceleration of the vessel based on a Route Splitting approach. Subsection 2/1 was updated and 6/3.7.5 was added for the requirements of the CLP-V(PARR) notation.

The March 2024 edition removes the limitation in Subsection 6/5 that the nonlinear procedure is to be used only for external lashings.

This Guide does not apply to containers on chassis or trailers stowed aboard vessels.

For certification, the container securing systems are to comply with the applicable requirements of this Guide and all applicable Rules.

This Guide contains provisions for the certification of container securing systems installed aboard vessels classed by ABS including but not limited to:

• Below deck cell guide systems
• Below deck bridge strut and shoring systems
• Below deck lashing and lock fitting systems
• Above deck lashing and lock fitting systems
• Above deck buttress and deck cell guide systems.

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