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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 ...

Tthe Malta flag Administration has been successfully certified and registered by the MCCAA, as having in place an ISO 9001:2008

Videotel is supporting the industry with its new ISO 50001 Energy Management Training Course

Maritime security should be regulated through an EU wide policy to avoid a costly plethora of national standards, says leading maritime security company GoAGT

DOLPHIN notation will be applicable from July 2014 International classification society RINA has acted to tackle noise pollution of the seas by developing a voluntary notation which will apply to vessels for which efforts have been made to mitigate underwater noise.Paolo Moretti, Head of the Marine Business Line, RINA Services, says, "Noise is the new pollution. The international community has raised concern that the underwater noise generated by commercial shipping may have negative consequences on marine life, especially marine mammals. RINA is tackling that with a new voluntary notation, DOLPHIN, which gives shipowners a clear option to specify commercial vessels which have implemented solutions to minimize radiated underwater noise."IMO has recently published MEPC Circ. 833 "Guidelines For The Reduction Of Underwater Noise From Commercial Shipping To Address Adverse Impacts On Marine Life" which sets out advice on design and operational solutions that may be adopted to reduce underwater radiated noise.The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed the (ISO/PAS) 17208-1 - Acoustics - Quantities and procedures for description and measurement of underwater sound from ships - Part 1: General requirements for measurements in deep water and ISO/DIS 16554 - Ship and marine technology - Measurement and reporting of underwater sound ...

Key industry stakeholders have praised newly accredited certifying body RTI for its unique "master mariner" approach

The IMO's Committee on Maritime Safety (MSC) held its 93rd Session (MSC 93) from Wednesday 14 through Friday 23 May 2014 under the Chairmanship of Mr Christian Breinholt (DENMARK) and his Vice Chair, Captain M Segar of SINGAPORE). 104 Member States attended the meeting during which a drafting group (DG) and two working groups (WG) were subsequently formed and chaired as follows:

The meeting of environmental services' heads from Gazprom's subsidiaries was held to summarize the results of the Year of Ecology in Gazprom.

Bowline Defence formally received its ISO 28000 certification scoped to ISO/PAS 28007:2012 from RTI Forensics at an awards presentation in London recently.

The new version of the worlds most popular ISO standard, ISO 9001 Quality Management, is now published as a Draft International Standard (DIS), for public review. The final standard is expected to be officially published in September 2015.