04 June 2024
Naftomar Shipping And Trading Co. Ltd. Inc., Hanwha Ocean and Bureau Veritas in Very Large Ammonia Carrier design development
Naftomar is looking to be a pioneer in the green ammonia space, as new supply and value chains for low carbon fuels start to develop.
The project will work to help ensure a modern VLAC design, to be engaged in the trade of green ammonia, can be safely built to operate with both LPG and ammonia as fuel. The project will use the current Bureau Veritas Rules for ammonia NR 671 as fuel as the basis for helping ensure safety. The focus will be on global safety aspects but specifically including: the ammonia fuel supply system, leak detection, ammonia fuel containment and ammonia bunkering including hazard identification (HAZID) workshops.
Vassilios Dimoulas, Bureau Veritas Technology and Innovation Director said that this is an important project to work with the owner and shipyard to provide a safe pathway to enable a ship designed to carry ammonia, to run on ammonia as fuel. The challenges are specific to ammonia but the process of using a risk based approach and alternative design concepts are ones proven with our decades of work in the seaborne trade in LNG and LNG as fuel – but, we must emphasize, the challenges of ammonia are very different to those of LNG.’
Using the Bureau Veritas ammonia Rules is critical given that international regulatory requirements for ammonia as a fuel are still in development.
In November 2023 Naftomar Shipping & Trading confirmed an order at Hanwha Ocean for four 93,000 cbm VLACs for delivery starting in 2026.
04 June 2024
Cyber Resilience : Regulatory Compliance
Panagiotis Anastasiou, Cyber Security Technical Leader at Bureau Veritas, gave a thought-provoking presentation entitled “Cyber Resilience: Regulatory Compliance” about upcoming regulations for shipping.
Consequently, followed ceremony for award of BV Type Approval Certificates for Cyber Security to the following companies and products:
– IRIS & S@TGATE from Otesat Maritel
– SDot (Software Data Diode) from Infodas GmbH
– LAROS from Prisma Electronics
04 June 2024
BV AiPs issued to MARIC
Bureau Veritas awarded AiPs for innovative projects including MARIC’s ammonia-fueled 320.000 DWT VLCC and 180.000Ccbm LH2 arrier.
The ceremony took place on June 4th at the BV stand, in the presence of Mr. Matthieu De Tugny, President Bureau Veritas M&O Division and Mr Lin Luo, President f MARIC.
05 June 2024
AIP for Ammonia Fuel MR tanker
On the 3rd day of POSIDONIA 2024 an AiP was delivered from Bureau Veritas to CSDC for an Ammonia Fuel MR tanker.
Mr Li Dongpeng, Deputy General Manager of CSDC was present to receive the AiP.
Bureau Veritas was represented by Mr George Andreadis, marine Chief Executive Greece, Mr Vassilis Dimoulas, Technology & Innovation Director SEEBA Zone and Mr Robert Elliot, Global Market Leader for Tankers.
06 June 2024
GTT Design Approval delivery for GTT NEXT1 LNG Cargo Containment System
GTT was present at the BV stand during POSIDONIA 2024 on Thursday 6th June when the delivery of a DA (Design Approval) for GTT NEXT1 LNG cargo containment system took place.
Matthieu de Tugny, President of Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, commented: “I would like to congratulate GTT on the development of this NEXT1 cargo containment system – another significant GTT technological advancement, providing ever-more efficient solutions for moving by sea the cleanest energy, globally available at scale. Bureau Veritas experts have been there every step of the way. We are so very proud to be involved in this latest evolution, reflecting our commitment to helping secure safe and reliable solutions for the transportation of liquefied natural gas working yet again in collaboration with GTT.”
