ABS船级社-2015MODU规范-1.doc

ABS船级社-2015MODU规范-1 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS 2015 NOTICES AND GENERAL INFORMATION American Bureau of Shipping Incorporated by Act of Legislature of the State of New York 1862 Copyright ? 2014 American Bureau of Shipping ABS Plaza 16855 Northchase Drive Houston, TX 77060 USA Notices and General Information ii CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 TABLE 1 Applicable Editions of Booklets Comprising 2015 Rules .......... 2 TABLE 2 Division and Numbering of Rules .............................................. 2 Rule Change Notice (2015) ............................................................................................. 3 TABLE 3 Summary of Changes from the 2014 Rules .............................. 3 ABS RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS . 2015 Notices and General Information Introduction 1. The year 2015 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 – 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. 2. 3. 4. The numbering system applied in the Rules is shown in Table 2. The prim