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Application

This Guide is applicable to non-self-propelled displacement hulls that operate as drilling tender barges, as defined in Subsection 1/5. Requirements for column-stabilized or self-elevating drilling tender units are addressed separately in the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Units (MOU Guide). This Guide addresses only the requirements specific to drilling tender barges. The ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges (Barge Rules) are to be complied with in addition to the requirements contained herein.