ClassNK has released ‘Prime Shipmanagement Guidelines’ which aim to achieve sustainable ship management with safety as the highest priority. The guidelines are issued in response to an evolving environment surrounding ship management, including fuel transition,...
Classification society DNV has updated its recently released Compliance Planner digital tool, which will now additionally enable DNV customers to monitor their entire fleets and individual vessels against Flag State compliance requirements. According to DNV,...
A Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) capable of handling the latest generation of 15MW turbines for Equinor and bp’s Empire Wind project is to be built to ABS Class by Sembcorp Marine for Maersk Supply Services (Maersk), while two new feeder barges and two...
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) is now providing owners and operators with the possibility of surveying ships through Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) operated by BV’s own surveyors in France. BV considers this as an important milestone as it confirms its...
Classification Society ClassNK has systematically organised its certification schemes to support the development and implementation of new technologies and released them as 'Guidelines for Approval in Principle and General Design Approval' and 'Guidelines for...
Classification Society Bureau Veritas (BV) has released a new rule note (NR 547) on fuel cell power systems on board ships, covering safety requirements for ships using any type of fuel cell technology, providing rules for the arrangement and installation of fuel cell...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Chantiers de l’Atlantique for its sail-assisted propulsion system, Solid Sail, tailored for the large cruise ship market. Solid Sail is a 1,200 m² rigid sail made of composite panels assembled...
More than 30 maritime industry leaders from across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland recently attended an ABS Northern Europe Committee to hear about the latest ABS advancements in sustainability and classification services. Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS Chairman,...
ABS recently brought together more than 70 marine and offshore industry leaders from Italy, Switzerland and Monaco at a meeting for charterers, designers and shipbuilders, to inform them about the classification society's latest developments in sustainability, digital...
Bureau Veritas (BV) is supporting the classification and construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in the Republic of Korea of two 40,000m3 LPG carriers that will be ‘ammonia prepared’. The HMD hull numbers are 8350 and 8351 and the first delivery will be in June...
Lloyd's Register (LR) has appointed Paolo Massa as Commercial Manager for South Europe. Massa joins LR following previous roles with Wartsila and Ecospray Technologies and succeeds Anthi Miliou, who will remain with LR to take the role of Head of Sales - In Service....
As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, DNV says that it will follow international sanctions and the intentions behind them, and is reviewing all ongoing contracts and operations with Russian entities and winding down all related business. Remi Eriksen, DNV Group...
ABS has launched Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory and Carbon Accounting, adding to its suite of marine and offshore sustainability services, pairing Marine and Offshore Insight with Carbon Economics. GHG Inventory and Carbon Accounting enables organisations to quantify...
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