Chris Leontopoulos

Director of Engineering, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Chris Leontopoulos is the Director of Engineering at American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Previously Chris Leontopoulos was the Senior Surveyor at Lloyd's Register.

News mentions

Thordon Bearings unveils T-BOSS for sterntubeless ships

Representing a breakthrough in the evolution of a ship’s propeller shaft line, Canada’s Thordon Bearings has unveiled the Thordon-Blue Ocean Stern Space (T-BOSS), a new solution designed t...

All new ships should be built to a seawater-lubricated sterntubeless ship design, says Leontopolous

Future newbuild ships of all types should be built without a sterntube and with a seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing arrangement, according to Blue Ocean Alliance’s Chris Leontopoulos...

ABS issues AIP to HD Hyundai Mipo for a cutting-edge, ammonia-powered medium range tanker

A 50K DWT ammonia-powered tanker design proposal from HD Hyundai Mipo has received an Approval in Principle (AIP) from ABS. The vessel will feature an ammonia engine designed by WinGD and manufacture...

Thordon's TG100 Tailshaft seal keeps more Mexican fishing vessels safe amidst spate of casualties

Thordon Bearings’ authorised distributor in Mexico, TZ Industrias, has secured an order to supply the Canadian company’s TG100 shaft seals, equipped with a safe return to port (SRTP) emerg...

Thordon Bearings welcomes the decision by ABS to award Approval in Principle to the ‘sterntube-less ship’ concept

Thordon Bearings welcomes the announcement by classification society ABS to award Approval in Principle to the ‘sterntube-less ship’ concept developed in cooperation with the Shanghai Merc...