Tag: Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines addressing a broad spectrum of the needs of marine renewable energy businesses and projects. The new certification scheme covers floating offshore wind turbines, current and tidal turbines, including sea and river turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy converters.

Bureau Veritas is supporting the adoption of clean fuel LNG through the classification of both vessels in the world's first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation between two independent ocean-going vessels.

Haren/Ems-based Wessels Reederei is to convert one of its fleet of 1,036 teu container vessels to LNG as fuel. Bureau Veritas will class the conversion, the first of a container vessel to LNG as fuel world-wide, which it take place in 2017.

Bureau Veritas has recognised MSC Cruises with the 2016 Special Safety Best Practices Award for the high level of voluntary-enhanced safety procedures implemented across its entire fleet.

Bureau Veritas has classed the first LNG-fuelled newbuilding oil/chemical tanker, the 15,000 dwt Ternsund, built under BV class at Avic Dingheng, China and delivered to Denmark’s Terntank Rederi at the end of June 2016.

Bureau Veritas – VeriFuel, announced that they will officially join the Green Award program as an incentive provider at a commencement ceremony to be held at their laboratory in Athens, Greece, on Friday (1st July).

Bureau Veritas has entered into a strategic partnership with Dassault Systèmes www.3ds.com, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, in which Bureau Veritas will use Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to drive a digital transformation of its services to shipowners and offshore operators.

Athens-based Diana Shipping Services S.A. has worked with Bureau Veritas to assess the energy performance of three capesize bulk carriers using BV’s SEECAT energy simulation software.

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore division has developed a one-stop-shop mobile application which will allow marine professionals to easily perform daily class and statutory actions through a user-friendly interface.

Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines for walk-to-work (W2W) motion compensated Offshore Access Systems (OAS) which are used to transfer industrial personnel to and from offshore installations.