Tag: Bureau Veritas

BV's Guidance on LNG Bunkering NI 618 provides recommendations on LNG bunkering Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has published a comprehensive set of guidelines on LNG Bunkering, with the aim of speeding adoption of LNG as a ship's fuel by kick-starting the LNG bunker chain.Jean-Francois Segretain, Technical Director, Marine and Offshore Division, Bureau Veritas says, "We really believe that LNG has great potential as a clean fuel for shipping. But fears over its availability in the bunker chain are holding back owners from adopting it. Part of the issue is that ports and terminals wishing to provide LNG as bunkers and shipowners wishing to have LNG-powered ships do not have agreed international standard bunker procedures to work to. Bureau Veritas has very wide experience with LNG in the marine context and we hope that these guidelines will give ports, terminals, LNG suppliers and shipowners confidence to proceed."BV's Guidance on LNG Bunkering NI 618 provides recommendations on LNG bunkering, focusing on the framework to be established with the port authorities and the bunkering organizations before any commercial operation, conditions to be observed before, during and after each bunkering operation, management of emergency situations and the training of staff involved in ...

Bureau Veritas has developed comprehensive of Guidelines for Design, Construction and Operation of Tugs that provide harmonized and rationalized safety rules

A team in the R&D department of Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil's Petrobras, has been awarded the prestigious OMAE 2013 Best Paper

LASHING WW notation Bureau Veritas has launched a voluntary notation for containerships which will allow more flexible container stowage depending on the ship's loading condition.The notation, LASHING WW, is based on ships being fitted with an approved lashing computer, which will allow computation of container stack weights and required lashing using acceleration levels corresponding to the ship's loading condition and worldwide area of operationJean-Francois Segretain, Marine Technical Director, Bureau Veritas, Marine and Offshore division, says, "Current lashing and stowage rules for deck containers rely on defined transverse accelerations which are not really accurate for large modern vessels along their whole length. Our research and data from real ships in service shows that accelerations in the midships section of container vessels are always closely correlated with the natural roll period of the ship and could often be much less than those set down in the present rules for lashing calculations."Using the right software fitted on board, and taking into account the ship's area of operation (worldwide or mainly in North Atlantic or North Pacific area) and loading condition, the appropriate accelerations can be used to optimise the loading plan or lashing or to allow heavier containers to be stowed higher in ...

Bureau Veritas has recently issued its Marine & Offshore Business Review, he annual booklet that presents our business activities and the teams that make it happen.

Dr.John Kokarakis, VP Technology & Business Development, Hellenic Black Sea Region & Middle East, Bureau Veritas. is giving an interview on latest developments in the maritime environment during the 2014 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum.

International classification society Bureau Veritas has completed a series of consequence assessments with all the major shipyards in Korea, China and Japan to help them speed the implementation of the IACS Harmonised Common Structural Rules

International classification society Bureau Veritas has entered into a technical and commercial cooperation agreement with French hydrodynamic specialist HydrOcean

Bureau Veritas is to class a gas-fuelled major ro-ro passenger ferry newbuilding and oversee the conversion of three existing ro-pax ferries to LNG power for Brittany Ferries

Bureau Veritas has entered into a technical and commercial co-operation agreement with French hydrodynamic specialist HydrOcean.