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Foreword

For the 2008 edition, Part 1, "Conditions of Classification" for all vessels other than those in offshore service was consolidated into a generic booklet, entitled Rules for Conditions of Classification (Part 1). The purpose of this consolidation was to emphasize the common applicability of the classification requirements in "Part 1" to ABS-classed vessels, other marine structures and their associated machinery, and thereby make "Part 1" more readily a common "Part" of the various ABS Rules and Guides, as appropriate.

Accordingly, the subject booklet, Rules for Conditions of Classification (Part 1), is to be considered, for example, as being applicable to and comprising a "Part" of the following ABS Rules and Guides:

• Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels (Steel Vessel Rules)

• Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels Under 90 meters (295 feet) in Length (Under 90 m Rules)

• Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels for Service on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways (River Rules)

• Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges (Barge Rules) • Rules for Building and Classing Steel Floating Dry Docks (Floating Dry Dock Rules)

• Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities (UWVS Rules)

• Rules for Building and Classing Bulk Carriers for Service on the Great Lakes (Great Lakes Bulk Carrier Rules)

• Rules for Building and Classing Offshore Support Vessels (OSV Rules)

• Guide for Building and Classing Yachts (Yacht Guide)

• Guide for Vessels Intended to Carry Compressed Natural Gases in Bulk (CNG Guide)

A separate Part 1 booklet, entitled Rules for Conditions of Classification - Offshore Units and Structures (Part 1), has been created to consolidate the classification requirements for offshore services.