Tag: Bureau Veritas

Blohm & Voss has docked its first FPSO in three years Blohm & Voss Repair in Hamburg, soon to pass into British ownership, has docked its first FPSO in three years for what German reports say is likely to be a long stay for conversion and overhaul, writes Tom Todd.The 92,000dwt oil production and storage unitUisge Gorm, a former tanker, arrived at the German yard earlier this week from Rotterdam under tow from a flotilla of Dutch and German tugs. Local reports said she had no engine power, rudder or propeller. Drawing 10m, she had to wait for high water at Finkenwerder before being berthed at B+V where reports said she was entering Dock 11.A Blohm + Voss spokesman toldThe Motorship the vessel had berthed at the yard but would reveal no details of the work to be undertaken, for contractual reasons. He added more information might be available later.Local media reports spoke of a stay of about a year. They said a panel had been cut in the bottom of the ship to allow her 6m of suspended oil and gas suction plant to be drawn up while she was in dry dock.The 248.2m long and 39.9m wideUisge Gorm ...

4,000 teu containership to be powered by LNG Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has given approval in principle for the basic design of a 14,000 teu containership to be powered by LNG. The design was developed in a joint industry project between Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, liner major CMA-CGM and Bureau Veritas.Says Jean-Francois Segretain, deputy technical director, Bureau Veritas, "The market will determine when these ships can be ordered and built, but this is a real milestone as for the first time we have a fully worked and approved design for a main line ultra-large containership running on LNG. After an in depth HAZID analysis we can say with confidence that there are no technical or safety barriers to introducing LNG as a fuel for long-haul large containerships. Major operational savings are deliverable, combined with very much lower air emissions. And the key feature of this design is that the vessel can also run on HFO if required, increasing flexibility in the period before LNG bunkering is widely available."The 14,000 teu vessel will be powered by an ME-GI (MAN Electronic - Gas Injection) 2-stroke dual fuel engine made by MAN Diesel. This delivers the highest efficiency among ...

New standard ISO 50001: 2011 - Energy Management Systems Bureau Veritas has completed the first certification audit of any shipping company in the world to the new standard ISO 50001: 2011 - Energy Management Systems.Stena's ship management division, Northern Marine Management Ltd including Northern Marine Management (USA) LLC, has achieved certification to BS ISO 50001, which ensures systematic monitoring and control of energy usage, helping to optimise efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, reduce the company's environmental footprint and provide a cost saving for the vessels owners.Only four other organizations in the UK have this certification, one being the Royal Mint, and no other shipping company has yet achieved this. Northern Marine Management technically manages 57 vessels, including the Stena tanker and gas carrier fleet as well as vessels for various other blue chip ship owners. Says Philip Fullerton, Technical Director, Northern Marine Management, "Achieving this new and high standard for energy management across the whole company is a key step for us in demonstrating that shipping is at the forefront of environmental responsibility." BS ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems is intended to assist organizations in making better use of their existing energy consuming assets, create transparency and facilitate communication on the ...

Focus on High Arctic offshore projects Bureau Veritas is extending its partnerships in the Russian shipping and offshore sector, focussing on High Arctic offshore projects. Bureau Veritas and the Russian Register are working together to provide basic design review for the Shtokman FPU for the two tenderers: SAIPEM, SAMSUNG and SOFEC (SSS) and AKER, TECHNIP and SBM (ATS). The process has called for a comparison between BV and RS rules, design review and documentation review, and performance of thermal, linear and non-linear hydrodynamic and structural calculations with VeriSTAR Hull.BV's Offshore Rules have been translated into Russian and co-operation agreements have been reached with the Russian Register and the University of St Petersburg."The challenges of extracting oil and gas from the tough environments of the high Arctic have led to close co-operation between Bureau Veritas and the Russian Register, and close links between Bureau Veritas and the University of St Petersburg," explains Bernard Anne, managing director of BV's marine division. "There is huge potential in the exploitation of oil and gas fields in the High Arctic, and we are working with the main offshore operators and our Russian partners to ensure the natural resources can be harvested to benefit Russia and ...

Including Blow-Out Preventers, marine risers and tensioning systems among others Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has extended its classification rules to include the items of drilling equipment which are essential for the safety of offshore drilling operations. These cover well control equipment including Blow-Out Preventers, marine risers, tensioning systems, heave-compensation systems, drawworks, mud circulating systems, cementing equipment, drilling derrick and supporting structures. Offshore drilling operators can turn to one body to assess the entire drilling unit and equipment under one integrated approach.Dan Frorup, Vice President, Offshore Deep Sea Global Business Unit, Bureau Veritas, says, "The Deepwater Horizon incident has shown the offshore industry that dividing responsibility for the safety assessment of offshore vessels from that of the equipment they use is not the best way to drill safely offshore. A holistic approach which assesses the drilling equipment and well control equipment along with the floating unit they are deployed from will deliver safer offshore drilling."Bureau Veritas has completed a full review of classification and certification of offshore drilling rigs, reacting to the needs of both industry and national authorities concerned with the safety of offshore drilling. A new set of rules, NI 569, cover the classification of new generation ...

For vessels flying the Polish flag The government of Poland has officially recognized Bureau Veritas for the inspection of inland navigation vessels flying the Polish flag. The recognition is within the scope of European Directive 2006/87/EC, as transposed into Polish law, and also covers measurement certification according to national regulation.The recognition was confirmed by Mr.Chmielewski, deputy director of Shipping Safety Department, Ministry of Infrastructure. The agreement was signed by the director of each of the Inland Navigation Offices in Poland - Mr Wos, Mr Pys, and Mr Slominski from Szczecin, Wroclaw and Bydgoszcz from Szczecin, Wroclaw and Bydgoszcz respectively - in the presence of Bureau Veritas Inland Navigation Management and the Marine Manager for Poland, Jan Dabkowski.The official recognition of Bureau Veritas for the inspection of inland navigation vessels within the scope of the ADN (International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways) regulation will be the subject of a specific agreement to fine-tune the framework, although it has already been lodged with the United Nations.Source: Bureau Veritas

To carry out statutory services as a Type A inspection body Belgian accreditation body Belac has accredited Bureau Veritas Inland Navigation Management (DNI) as an organization competent to perform the classification of inland navigation vessels and to carry out statutory services as a Type A inspection body within the requirements of the NBN EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004 standard.DNI is an autonomous organization within the Marine Division of Bureau Veritas. And although BV's Marine Division is already certified according to ISO 9001 standard as well as to the standards required under the IACS Quality Scheme, the decision was taken to go further and to meet the standards initially required of delegated authorized companies by the Dutch inspection authority, Inspectie Verkeer en Waterstaat, and since then suggested by other Administrations.This international standard imposes stringent requirements on inspection bodies, including strict criteria governing quality systems, organization, personnel skills, impartiality, confidentiality, equipment, and inspection methods. All these requirements must be complied with by DNI's head office in Antwerp and by its survey centers.The scope of accreditation embraces inspections, surveys and drawings reviews for classification carried out in Belgium. It also includes statutory issues relating to compliance with relevant European directives, the Rhine Rules, ADN, and ...

CAP is a useful tool for risk assessment of vessels and offshore units Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has slashed the reporting time for a Condition Assessment Programme report from three months to one month, and at the same time improved the accessibility and usability of the report. The dramatic shortening of time for the CAP programme reduces costs for tanker owners and makes the Bureau Veritas CAP a useful tool for risk assessment of vessels and offshore units for life extension or conversion.Vincent Lefebvre, Head of CAP Section, Bureau Veritas, says, "CAP used to be something forced on tanker owners by charterers. Not anymore. Today it is a useful risk assessment tool for every form of offshore structure and vessel. We are seeing increased demand as owners realise they can get a really good picture of their asset in a very reasonable time.Only this month we have been contracted by an owner to perform CAP assessments on two VLCCs, which are candidates for conversion to FPSO. And we are also using CAP as a building block in life extension programmes for gas carriers, FSUs, a dredger and a containership."Bureau Veritas has cut the CAP reporting time spectacularly by ...

From three months to one month Class society Bureau Veritas reports that it has managed to slash the reporting time for a condition assessment programme (CAP) report from three months to one month, while improving its accessibility and usability.The significantly shorter timescale is expected to reduce costs for tanker owners and to make BV's CAP a useful tool for risk assessment of vessels and offshore units for life extension or conversion. The cut in reporting time is made possible by completely renewing the reporting software used by the surveyor and by the UTM (ultrasonic thickness measurement) service provider. At the same time BV has revised the report to make it deliverable by web to the client and, if required, the client's own clients, such as charterers, banks and other stakeholders.The new software was designed in liaison with clients and ship vetting entities. Using a web-based interface, the tool is installed on surveyors' lap tops. The database of the tanks and important machinery equipment is automatically downloaded from BV's 'Neptune' class database if the unit is BV class, or uploaded for next-time use if the vessel is not BV class. Reporting time is reduced by use of drop down menus and ...

Being the first manning agency to be certified by class society in the Philippines Bureau Veritas has certified Philippines-based manning agency Maryville Manila for compliance to the Maritime Labour Convention MLC2006 on a voluntary basis making it the first manning agency to be certified by class society in the Philippines.Claude Maillot, VP Ships in Service Management at Bureau Veritas, said: The readiness of Maryville Manila to move towards voluntary compliance and certification under MLC2006 in advance of the convention coming into force demonstrates both the quality of the organisation and the forward thinking of its management. We have so far certified one seafarer manning office in the UK and its branch office in India, two in Greece and we have published a Guidance Note (NI 563) to facilitate the certification process. We expect other manning offices be looking for certification before the convention enters into force, probably next year.Emmanuel Danion, Bureau Veritas Country Chief Executive for the Philippines, added: The Filipino manning industry is very important both here in the Philippines and as the biggest resource of skilled manpower for global shipping. It is most important that manning agencies are forward looking and ready to comply with global standards, as ...