BV takes stake in NYC based OrbitMI
Bureau Veritas (BV) has announced a strategic investment in OrbitMI, a New York City based maritime software company named as one of 2023’s most innovative companies in maritime in a recent report
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Largest-ever LNG carrier design gains AiPs from two class societies
Just how large can LNG carriers get? China’s Hudong-Zhonghua (HZ) Shipyard has received Approvals in Principle from two class societies for a new LNG carrier with 271,000 cubic meters of cargo tank
BV and Kongsberg in digitalized machinery maintenance advance
Working with Swedish tanker operator Furetank, classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has made its first deployment of a new operator-to-class data connection solution. The new capability enables BV’s machinery maintenance application (MMA)
V-Bunkers unveils Singapore’s first electric-hybrid bunker tanker
Vitol’s Singapore bunkering company, V-Bunkers, is to take delivery of its first electric-hybrid bunker tanker, Marine Charge. Classed by Bureau Veritas (BV), the vessel features advanced energy storage and charging technologies that
New MAN dual-fuel four-stroke passes TAT
MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF engine has received its Type Approval after a five-day program on the testbed at the company’s Augsburg, Germany, headquarters. The Type Approval Test (TAT) of the new
BV to class double-ended ferry duo
Bureau Veritas is to class two 64.8 meter long, 1,000-passenger capacity, double-ended ferries ordered by Hong Kong’s Sun Ferries. Designed by Netherlands-based CoCo Yachts and built by YaGuang Technology Co. Ltd in
Trinidad and Tobago takes delivery of advanced low-emission tug
Even though it is not yet a requirement in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago’s National Energy Corporation (NEC) has chosen to have a class certified Damen marine NOx reduction system installed on
Damen, NAPA and BV in 3D model classification approval first
A concept design for a 2,500-cubic-meter hopper dredge is the first Damen concept vessel to gain Bureau Veritas (BV) certification using 3D model-based classification approval (3D MBA). Following this successful implementation of
Global Energy Group to add 4,000 DWT methanol bunkering ship to its Singapore fleet
Here’s another indicator of the growing importance of methanol as a marine fuel. Two subsidiaries of Singapore-based Global Energy Group have placed an order with Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding Co. for a 4,000
New Hong Kong ferries on the way
Bureau Veritas (BV) is to class nine high speed passenger ferries that will transport over 5 million passengers annually on three routes between Hong Kong and outlying islands Lamma Island, Peng Chau,