DNV Software is to supply the China Classification Society (CCS) with the Nauticus software. This is a further indication of China’s technological advance.
A member of IACS, CCS is a central player in the fast-growing Chinese shipbuilding and shipping industries. CCS will use Nauticus at the Rules and Research Institute in Shanghai.
“CCS’ investment in Nauticus represents a landmark in Chinese shipbuilding, signalling the turn towards novel ship designs that we are experiencing,” says Øystein Goksøyr, Regional Manager DNV Software Greater China. “We welcome CCS to a fast-growing user association, already including clients such as Marine Design & Research Institute of China (MARIC) and Shanghai Jiaotong University.”
While Chinese shipbuilding has long concentrated on developing standard ship designs, there is a current trend for developing innovative and significantly larger ships such as ultra large container carriers and very large crude oil carriers.
A central issue for novel ship design is the need for direct assess-ment of hydrodynamic loads, motions and structural strength. Often called Direct Strength Assessment (DSA), this calls for advanced hydrodynamic software; DNV Software’s world-leading tools are in demand.
DNV Software has developed hydrodynamic software for the maritime and offshore industries for more than 35 years. The well-known Wadam and Wasim software are results of joint industry projects in close co-operation with major research and industry players such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Together with engineers from MARIC, Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), Dalian Shipyard, China Ship Development & Design Centre, Wuhan University and Jiangsu University, CCS engineers attended a Nauticus Hull Wave Load course at the DNV Academy in Shanghai in June.