The 2017 edition incorporates a new Section 4 with criteria for Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT). This Guide introduces details of inspection criteria and updated in 1986, 2002, 2011, 20 inspection techniques, which are considered as being widely recognized by the industry as a reliable means of inspection of structure members and their welds during the construction of surface vessels and other related marine and offshore structures. ABS Plaza 1701 City Plaza Drive Spring, TX 77389 USAįoreword (1 Foreword (1 September 2020) This Guide for Nondestructive Inspection of Hull Welds Welds was was originally published in 1975 and subsequently 2018. American Bureau of Shipping Incorporated by Act of Legislature of the State of New York 1862