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Safeguarding life, property and the environment - is still our stated objective since 1984 and in the 21st century software is of cruical importance in achieving our objectives. DNV Software is very proud to deliver products and solutions that help our customers manage risk in all phases of the asset life-cycle in the offshore, marine and process industries.

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Editorial: Safeguarding life, property and the environment

- is still our stated objective since 1984 and in the 21st century software is of cruical importance in achieving our objectives. DNV Software is very proud to deliver products and solutions that help our customers manage risk in all phases of the asset life-cycle in the offshore, marine and process industries.

Nauticus Hull preferred by Korean shipbuilders

The Korea Shipbuilders’ Association – KOSHIPA – stated a preference for DNV’s Nauticus Hull software in its review of the IACS common structural rules now being developed for tankers.

Best Engineering Practice for the Korean shipbuilding industry

Two Brix Workflow Manager projects constitute a major breakthrough for solution sales in the region. They will be important reference projects when expanding the Brix technology to other shipyards.

MARIC purchases Wasim for design of large container vessels

In June 2005, MARIC purchased Wasim Non-linear for design of very large container vessels, in addition to the existing Nauticus Hull and Sesam modules they already license.

Great learning value for NTNU students at DNV Software

DNV Software has signed an agreement with NTNU, Institute of Marine Technology, in Trondheim, Norway, to improve education of students by using the Nauticus and Sesam software suite.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation chooses Sesam

DNV Software Greater China has won a 2.7 NOK million contract with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). The contract is the third in a year, representing an important strategic investment for the Chinese oil company’s deepwater field developments in the South China Sea.

Machinery Calculations

Fincantieri has recently purchased the Torsional Vibration, Shaft Alignment and Shaft Fatigue modules from DNV Software’s Nauticus Machinery Calculations suite.

DNV Software Conference 2005 - Today's challenges in design processes

About 70 participants gathered at Høvik 1–2 June for this year’s DNV Software Conference. The focus was on today’s challenges within design of ships and offshore structures, and speakers from the industry shared their experience and knowledge.

Global Product Management focusing on market-driven product development

Since the beginning of 2005 and as part of our continuous drive for improved customer satisfaction and delivering products to best meet your business needs, we have created a new global section for product management with the key objective of ensuring market- and customer-focused product development.

New sales office in Marseille

As part of its strategy for providing best possible service to its customers in all markets, DNV Software’s Region Europe, Middle East and Africa has decided to open a sales office in Marseille, France, focusing mainly on software sales and support but also providing a local point of contact.

Hydrostatic stability computations now available in Sesam

Global Product Management delivering on your requests for new features supporting floater design.

DNV provides technical services to The Ekofisk Operator

DNV is providing technical services to ConocoPhillips under an existing frame agreement, in support of structure integrity management activities in The Greater Ekofisk Area.

Making topside design even more efficient

Special features available in the most recent release of GeniE

Nauticus Early Design - A new software product introduced by DNV Software

Nauticus Early Design - a new 3D information system from DNV Software. Based on the next generation of CAD technologies, the system enables faster contract and classification design.

Major upgrade of Nauticus Production System to DNV

DNV Software delivers a major new release of the Nauticus Production System (NPS) covering all of DNV’s ship and offshore classification activities and is extensively used by more than 2000 DNV employees world wide in their daily work.

Integrity Management with Orbit+ IDS and Orbit Onshore

A solution for managing asset integrity through coupling the inspection management system Orbit+ IDS and the quantitative risk-based inspection software Orbit Onshore.

New release of Orbit Onshore

Enabling you to satisfy legislative requirements and allowing greater flexibility for risk-based inspection planning

Orbit Onshore - Chinese

DNV Software continues in its quest to provide local language software for the Chinese market.

Jet fire modelling in Phast and Safeti

Users of the next release of Phast and Safeti will benefit from significant improvements and increased choice in the modelling of jet fires and the evaluation of associated radiation effects.

DNV Software at ICCAS 2005

The International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding (ICCAS) provides an important forum for industry, IT vendors and research organisations to meet and discuss latest developments and exchange ideas and experience.

Trimaran racing with ACADEMY in Sopot, Poland

Building on last year's successful customer sailing event in the Baltic, DNV Poland and DNV Software this summer again invited our customers to join us for trimaran racing with ACADEMY, the Norwegian entry in the Nokia Oops Cup with skipper Knut Frostad.

31st Safeti User Group Meeting

After holding user meetings in Europe over the past two years, the 2005 Safeti User Group meeting was hosted by Rohm and Haas at its facility in Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA. A very interesting Quantitative Risk Analysis presentation given by DuPont was the highlight of an extremely productive meeting.

Risk paper at CCPS Symposium

DNV Software presented a paper entitled ‘Beyond Compliance – The Future Role of Risk Tools’, focusing on Process Business Risk, at the Annual Symposium of The Centre for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

DNV Software launches Nauticus Early Design at APEX Shanghai 2005

In July this year Intergraph hosted its global APEX technology forum in Shanghai, China. It was the first time this event had been held in China, attracting more than 500 delegates from in excess of 100 companies around the world with over twenty nationalities represented.

Samsung learns more about risk management software

A delegation of safety managers from Samsung visited DNV Software and Phast and Safeti users in Europe to learn more about risk management software and its applications.

Practice what you preach

In the spirit of ‘Best Engineering Practice’ and to show the ease with which GeniE can be used to model 3D structures, Rune Nysveen, DNV Software’s Regional Sales Manager for the Americas, and Ole Jan Nekstad, Sesam Product Manager, recently used GeniE to design their cabins in Houston and Norway respectively.

Nauticus Hull training in Shanghai

A successful course in the use of Sesam basic and Nauticus Hull for finite element analysis was held in Shanghai, China from 11 to 15 April. This is the first course to be held in the DNV Software Shanghai office.

Extensive Phast training at Sunoco

From 4 to 5 April, DNV Software facilitated one of its largest private Phast courses to date, after Sunoco, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, requested a Phast course for 15 of its employees.

Extended training for Risk products

Our new advanced Phast and Safeti courses for consequence and risk modelling provide far more detailed information on the modelling than standard software introductory courses.

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