French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an approval in principle (AiP) to compatriot shipping company Zéphyr & Borée for its first open-top 1,800 TEU containership, demonstrating the feasibility of using wind-propelled wing-sails on this type of vessel.
Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Swedish company Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol.
ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Japanese corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register.
DNV has awarded AiP for the ZeroCoaster ammonia-fuelled cargo ship, confirming an independent assessment that the ship’s design is feasible.
Maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register has secured approval from the International Electrotechnical Commission’s Renewable Energy System (IECRE) for the certification of complex hybrid renewable energy projects that involve multiple technologies, such as wind, wave and tidal.
Dutch shipbuilding firm Damen Shipyards Group has become the first shipyard to achieve official European Union (EU) Stage V certification for its in-house developed emission reduction system.
UK-based Marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies (BARTech) has secured an approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for wind propulsion technology WindWings developed in cooperation with Yara Marine Technologies.
The consortium of ABS, Sembcorp Marine, 3D Metalforge and ConocoPhillips Polar Tankers has completed the joint project of installing additive manufactured spare parts on board the oil tanker Polar Endeavour.
Norway-based classification society DNV has decided to acquire Dutch cyber security specialist Applied Risk in an effort to create an industrial security powerhouse.
Maritime services provider MISC Berhad has been listed as a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) under the Emerging Markets category.
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Black & Veatch to system engineering and coordination role for combined floating wind and wave energy project.
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has been selected again as an Asia Pacific Index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the leading global indices for ESG investing, for the 11th consecutive year since 2011.
CrewSmart, the end-to-end management system for maritime operations, has secured Type Approval from class and certification society DNV for its Planned Maintenance System (PMS).
Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards, has published interface standards and messaging application programming interface (API) specifications for all 50 event timestamps.
