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Class News is now named as Maritime News.
Date: 2008-02-06
Delegates at the recent London DNV forum heard that the Russian oil boom points way to big demand for ice class tankers. The last year has seen USD4.5bn go towards building high-spec vessels.
Color Line’s new 1300 million flagship Color Fantasy is not just any ordinary ferry.
At its recent meeting, the DNV High Speed Light Craft (HSLC) and Ferry Committee discussed the latest industry developments, including the Interferry standard.
DNV has developed a new test certification standard for complex marine control and monitoring systems, commonly referred to as hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Marine fuels are becoming an internationally regulated and strictly controlled commodity, with high demands for quality and documentation.
Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78 and the NOx Technical Code enter force on May 18, applying to every ship over 400gt and every fixed and floating drilling rig and other platform.
DNV is assigning top priority to the elimination of sub-standard shipping and, to this end, it has adopted a risk-based approach to ensure shipowners meet acceptable class standards.
Delegates at the recent DNV forum in Singapore heard that limiting the sulphur content of marine fuels to 1.5% in 2006 and 2007 in designated areas of Europe could lead to a shortage of low-sulphur fuel.
DNV has been awarded the SeaTrade award in the category Innovation in Ship Operations.
Recently, Malta Shipyards re-instated two handymax bulk carriers operated by Torvald Klaveness to ‘better than new’ condition using an innovative new technology.
DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) has launched a new quality assurance service for the marine fuel market, called FuelWise.
Although safety has very much become part and parcel of today’s ‘quality and standard fashion’, its purpose is as old as the shipping industry itself.
In December, 2004, a huge quantity of crude oil was spilt in the Suez Canal after the north-bound very large crude carrier Al Samidoon collided with a structure in the waterway while in transit.
