Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) says it is reinforcing its commitment to sustainable shipping by classing a series of methanol-ready oil and chemical tankers for Union Maritime, which are currently being equipped with wind propulsion systems, including...
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...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to InfraCore Company for its design, modelling, production and testing of a full glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rudder flap for an 18,500 TEU container ship. The certificate was delivered as...
ABS has published a whitepaper proposing a goal-based framework for future rules to enable autonomous vessel operations, setting out 10 goals to create a framework for the design and operation of autonomous vessels and addressing key issues in implementation. The ABS...
Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President, and CEO, has told the American Hydrogen Forum that: “Transportation and safety, as well as standards and regulation, are going to be nothing short of boundary conditions in this energy transition.” Wiernicki continued:...
Classification Society ClassNK will calculate the CO2 emissions from the ships to be financed under a Sustainability-Linked Loan provided by Orix Corporation. The ship finance agreement signed between Orix and a shipowner in Hong Kong is a sustainability-linked loan....
As shipowners navigate an ever more complex regulatory environment, ABS has appointed specialist Stamatis Fradelos as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Fradelos, who returns to ABS’ Athens office, where he was previously Business Director and member of the IACS...
The world's first ammonia-fuel ready vessel in the world, the ABS-classed Suezmax tanker 'Kriti Future', has been delivered to owner Avin International, flying the Greek Flag. The landmark 274m-long vessel was built by New Times Shipbuilding (NTS). Currently...
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