Facts

• Segment: Maritime
• Country: United States
• Founded: 1862
• Website: https://ww2.eagle.org/en.html

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

ABS is a marine and offshore classification society providing approval, certification and verification services for ships, offshore assets and related technology. Its autonomy work includes review pathways for subsea and surface robotic systems.

Market context

ABS enables maritime robotics through classification, certification and approval review for autonomous subsea, surface and offshore systems.

Facts

• Website: https://ww2.eagle.org/en.html
• HQ: Houston, Texas, United States
• Founded: 1862
• Segment: Maritime

Events

• 2026-06-15 - Partnership - ABS and MOBY Robotics sign MoU for autonomous subsea mining systems - MOBY will provide technical documents and design submissions for ABS review.
• 2025-08-27 - Regulatory - ABS issues certificate for Saildrone Surveyor unmanned surface vehicle - ABS issued certification for the 20-meter Saildrone Surveyor unmanned surface vehicle.
• 2025-08-15 - Partnership - ABS and Saronic sign MOU for autonomous surface vessel certification - ABS and Saronic Technologies signed an MOU to explore autonomous maritime technologies.
• 2025-03-18 - Regulatory - ABS grants approval in principle to MTI autonomous navigation framework - ABS granted approval in principle to Monohakobi Technology Institute's APExS-auto maritime autonomy framework.

Team

• John McDonald - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - He leads ABS as its classification and certification work expands into autonomous maritime systems.

Relationships

• MOBY Robotics - Subsea robotics certification - ABS and MOBY Robotics signed an MoU for certification and classification pathways for autonomous subsea mining systems.

Context tags

• Subsea autonomy - Workflow - ABS is supporting certification and classification pathways for MOBY autonomous subsea systems.