Tag: Approval In Principal

DNV GL has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries an Approval in Principle for their newly developed non-spherical tank. The new tank is a IMO Independent Type B LNG tank, that has been developed for use in 180KM3 LNG carriers designed to pass through the new Panama Canal.

DNV GL presented Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, with an approval certificate, for a new double side hull LPG carrier design – LPG SAFE, which is the first LPG carrier design to provide the safety benefit of a double side hull, while offering the same cargo carrying capacity and the same construction cost as a conventional design.

ABS is working alongside industry to enable the critical advancement of technically innovative designs. Therefore the Classification Society, has granted Approval in Principle for the Seatransporter-DF, a dual-fuel design concept developed by Algoship Designers Ltd which has the capability to accommodate multiple engine types as well as Type-C or membrane containment systems for LNG fuel.

DNV GL has awarded the Chinese scrubber manufacturer Shanghai Bluesoul Environmental Technology with an Approval in Principle in recognition of the technical feasibility of the BlueSulf scrubber system, which is the first of its kind for a scrubber according to the new DNV GL rule set, and the first for a Chinese scrubber manufacturer.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) have announced that they received an Approval in Principle for a 2MW Supercritical CO2 Power Generation System recovering waste heat of a diesel/gas engine from Lloyd’s Register. The two companies plan to commercialize the next generation S-CO2 system by 2019.

ClassNK has issued Approval in Principle for a 7,500 cbm LNG bunkering vessel designed by HHI. This design is the result of joint research for improving the efficiency of LNG bunkering vessels.

Vard Engineering Brevik AS has received an Approval in Principle for its new bunker vessel design from the DNV GL.

A design from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for a 6,600 m3 LNG bunker vessel has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR). The design will be capable of supplying both small scale requirements and the current maximum expected requirements for large ships trading worldwide.

ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) hull design. The new HHI design targets near-shore North America shale gas exports.

GE Marine and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company have obtained Lloyd’s Register’s Approval in Principle for the jointly developed gas turbine-powered LNG carrier design.