8 August, DNV Software signed a multimillion dollar software licensing and distribution agreement with the American software house Intergraph. DNV Software will exclusively market and distribute Intergraph’s next-generation shipbuilding design applications to the shipbuilding industry.
Elling Rishoff, Managing Director of DNV Software, says that DNV Softwares ship classification and strength analysis software will be combined with Intergraph ship design software. It will provide an integrated suite of applications aimed at making dramatic improvements in shipbuilding design and manufacturing productivity.This is the first time such shipbuilding design software has been developed for and by the shipbuilders themselves in cooperation with a softwarehouse, says Anita Krohn Thrane, Director of Global Strategy in DNV Software.
The solution is jointly developed by the Global Research and Development (GRAD) consortium, which represents worldwide shipbuilders such as Samsung, Hitatchi and Odense, and Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore. The constellation is unique, and with DNV Software as the exclusive reseller, DNV now has a great opportunity to differentiate itself from the other class societies, says Thrane.
The solution will be presented at ICCAS in Malmø, Sweden, in September.