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Date: 2008-02-06
To illustrate Greece's maritime heritage, the Olympic flame, which recently arrived in Piraeus, Athens, is burning brightly onboard a full-scale replica of an ancient 'Trieris', a 3000-year-old warship. The flame looks set to burn brightly for the foreseeable future, as the Greek-owned/operated fleet ranks 1st in the world
Monday 24 May, DNV announced that it has issued a statement of compliance to Teekay Shipping for its competence management system. The standard used is the DNV SeaSkill Standard for Certification of Competence Management Systems.
2004 is a very special year for Greece and Greek shipping. A bit more than 100 years since the 1st modern Olympic Games took place in Athens in 1896, and close to 2,800 years after the games were established in Ancient Olympus, the Olympic Games are set to return 'home'.
In a move that will set a new standard for the assessment and certification of courses delivered by training institutions in the Asia Pacific region, DNV SeaSkill has signed a wide-ranging co-operation agreement with the Association of Maritime Education and Training Institutions in Asia Pacific (AMETIAP).
Swedish shipowner Brostroem Tankers AB has ordered four 14 500dwt product and chemical tankers from China's Jingling Shipyard, following the conclusion of lengthy conceptual discussions to ensure that the vessels comply with DNV's environmental rules.
DNV has passed the 100 million gross tons mark by taking Danaos Shipping's container ship P&O Nedlloyd Caracas into class on delivery from Korea's Samsung Heavy Industry yard
DNV has passed the 100 million gross tons mark by taking Danaos Shipping's container ship P&O Nedlloyd Caracas into class on delivery from Korea's Samsung Heavy Industry yard.
With marine bunkers accounting for as much as 40 percent of a vessel's total running costs, ship operators naturally want to optimise their fuel purchases, often going for the lowest price available.
The following information is a brief encapsulation of regulatory issues affecting the industry and meant solely for the purpose of keeping readers informed. For additional information, please contact Arve Myklebust at +47 67579900, or send an email to arve.myklebust@dnv.com
The drive to develop common Rules for scantlings for double-hull tankers over 150m in length is nearing completion following the result of a joint effort between the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Lloyd's Register and Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
UK-based Port Maritime Security International (PMSi) has become the first company to receive certification for its Port Facility Security Officers (PFSO) course, which fully complies with the requirements set out in the ISPS Code.
Recently, more than one hundred shipping executives met in New York to debate the challenges faced by the shipping industry. As a leading sponsor of the event, DNV had the opportunity to share their unique perspective
Tor E. Svensen believes quality is core to the perpetuation of DNV Maritime's strong market growth
DNV is renowned for encouraging the development and adoption of new technologies and has a history of working with the industry to jointly develop new processes. This is clearly demonstrated by the level of collaboration between the classification society and Intelligent Engineering (IE), the Canadian company that has pioneered the revolutionary Sandwich Plate System (SPS)
In connection with the 100 MGRT milestone, DNV marked its appreciation of support from its biggest customer - the World-Wide Shipping Group. After the take over of Bergesen last year the total WW fleet classed with DNV counts 76 vessels and a total of 5.95 MGRT.
In a period of increasing international maritime regulations, the relationship between the IMO, classification societies and shipowners has become increasingly complex. An erosion of the trust placed in the industry by regulators and end-users has lead to calls from some in the maritime industry to establish goal-based standards - common rules with clearly stated goals for safety reliability and durability
DNV is to help World-Wide Shipping manage inspections of its single hull tankers using Nauticus technology.
