Regulation and class

• Designers must limit potential exposure to liability

  Robert Sniffen, International Transport Intermediaries Club, considers the risks and responsibilities faced with ship designers and naval architects. 30 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Bigger boxships herald bigger problems for insurers and salvors

  Denzil Stuart looks at the impact of the growing size of container vessels on the marine insurance community. 29 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Whither 2012 and beyond? as uncertainty builds up

  A mood of anxiety may well characterise the movement in the coming year as clubs face up to some very testing challenges. Denzil Stuart reports. 29 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• The silent and invisible onboard killers

  Two P&I clubs have recently emphasised to owners and managers the hazards of fumigated cargoes and entering enclosed spaces, responsible for fatalities among seafarers, writes Denzil Stuart. 29 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Class rises to new challenges of shipboard noise

  Rising standards and expectations relating to crew habitability, occupational safety and passenger comfort have prompted closer attention to shipboard noise levels, as have considerations of the component damage that can result from excessive vibration, writes David Tinsley. 30 Sep 2011 - The Motorship

• New Aframax design concept from GL

  A new conceptual design of Aframax tanker launched recently by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) shows the extent of efficiency improvements that are possible, writes Paul Bartlett. 29 Sep 2011 - The Motorship

• BV holistic approach to energy efficiency

  Faced with rising fuel costs and increasing controls on exhaust emissions, against a backcloth of intensified competition, the shipping industry’s quest for new operational efficiencies permeates every sphere of design and practice, writes David Tinsley. 29 Sep 2011 - The Motorship

• ABS, LR pool technical strengths in new venture

  A new milestone in collaboration between classification societies was signalled earlier this year by the release of jointly-developed software for use by ship designers, shipyards and shipowners in complying with the IACS Common Structural Rules(CSR), writes David Tinsley. 29 Sep 2011 - The Motorship

• Easy loading for world’s largest ore carriers

  This year’s unfolding of the record-breaking programme of ore carrier construction instigated by Brazilian mining group Vale pushes back the bounds as regards bulk cargo transport economics and scale efficiencies, writes David Tinsley. 28 Sep 2011 - The Motorship

• Technology outlook 2020 from DNV

  It seems customary at the moment to try and predict the future of shipping. At SMM 2010, we were given Wärtsilä’s Shipping Scenarios 2030, and at Nor-Shipping 2011, Det Norske Veritas will present its view of where the maritime business – and the other industries with which DNV is involved – is expected to be in 2020. 30 Apr 2011 - The Motorship

• DNV – foot on the gas

  As political unrest spreads across the Middle East from one country to another, there is growing concern over the security of oil supplies and the impact of soaring oil prices on the world economy. 29 Apr 2011 - The Motorship

• Clean air, clean ships

  Bureau Veritas reports that it is currently working on solutions for LNG use as fuel for passenger vessels. 27 Apr 2011 - The Motorship

• Insurers look forward with optimism

  Marine insurer The American Club says that despite the downturn, insurers made excellent progress in 2009 which is continuing into 2010. 23 Sep 2010 - The Motorship

• Insurers get acquainted with industry through course

  A party of members of the London marine insurance market recently got acquainted with the maritime cluster at Falmouth, UK, on BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys’ first shipyard acquaint course. 23 Sep 2010 - The Motorship

• Training standard selected for tanker fleet

  Euronav Ship Management has chosen Seagull’s electronic version of the tanker officer training standard (e-TOTS) for use on all of its VLCCs. Having first been delivered to Euronav offices in August 2009, the Seagull e-TOTS is now on board 30 ships. 23 Sep 2010 - The Motorship