American Bureau of Shipping

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is a classification society, with a mission to promote the security of life, property and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities. At the end of 2006, ABS was the third largest class society with a classed fleet of over 10,000 commercial vessels and offshore facilities. ABS' core service is the provision of classification services through the development of standards called ABS Rules. These Rules form the basis for assessing the design and construction of new vessels and the integrity of existing vessels and marine structures.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$652 Given
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through 2011
  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
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View all campaign finance data for American Bureau of Shipping Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$210,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of American Bureau of Shipping

View all lobbying data for American Bureau of Shipping Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

17 Mentions
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

The tables show occurrences of "American Bureau of Shipping" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 2 BOEM Marathon N09581 Initial Exploration Plan 2011
    • Toggle 2 NOAA National Standard 10 Guidelines 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Anaharko N09530 Initial Exploration Plan 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Shell S-07405 Supplemental DOCD 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Shell Supplemental Exploration Plan S-07444 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Chevron S07482 Supplemental Exploration Plan 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Shell N09570 Initial Exploration Plan 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Shell R05144 Revised DOCD 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Shell R05177 Revised Exploration Plan 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Supplemental Exploration Plan 2011

Federal Spending

3 contracts
Information

Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's March 1, 2012 release

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
American Bureau Of Shipping 2011 SUPPORT $5,371,596
contract
American Bureau Of Shipping 2011 SURVEYOR SERVICES TO SUPPORT CLASS $1,500,000
contract
American Bureau Of Shipping 2011 Minerals Management Service BOP MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION $1,390,580
View all grant & loan data for American Bureau of Shipping View all contract data for American Bureau of Shipping Sources: USASpending.gov