More Regulation – Page 19
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NewsLiberia wants greater openness on ship registries
The Liberian Registry says it is time to put an end to the outdated thinking which results in all open registers, irrespective of their safety record, being referred to pejoratively as ‘flags of convenience.’
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NewsDanish shipmanager receives Lloyd’s Register energy certification
Lloyd’s Register has presented Clipper Fleet Management with ISO 50001 certification issued by LRQA, the class society’s provider of independent business assurance.
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NewsClass NK grows globally and expands in US
ClassNK says that in 2012, it registered nearly 1,000 vessels totalling more than 25 million gt, which sets new records for both number of vessels and total gross tonnage registered in a single year.
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NewsShipowner organisation looks forward with cautious optimism
BIMCO has published its Reflections 2013, an analysis of the challenges facing the shipping industry today.
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NewsDNV takes hybrid leadership
According to Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian shipping industry is taking a leading role in developing battery-powered ships. The first four hybrid vessels will start to sail in 2013/14. In 2015, they will be followed by the world largest fully electric ferry, which will regularly cross Norway’s largest fjord.
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NewsRINA group backs new class society for United Arab Emirates
International classification society RINA Group, based in Italy, says that it has been chosen as the IACS partner to support the development of Tasneef, a new classification society for the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsShipowners and industry establish private training centre
Recently, Henrik Segercrantz visited the new MTC Marine Training Centre in Hamburg where he spoke to managing director Heinz Kuhlmann.
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NewsMarket and regulators call for action, says GL
Henrik Segercrantz looks at how one classification society is helping shipowners meet energy efficiency targets and save fuel costs.
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NewsThe old makes way for the new
Wendy Laursen describes how the major classification societies are forging ahead with designs for the future, in particular encouragement of concepts for future ships making use of low-emission technologies and fuels.
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NewsGreen issues impact on machinery insurance
Denzil Stuart examines marine insurers’ concerns over machinery damage claims, fuel choice, slow steaming and how propulsive power may be changing, and also quotes some exclusive comments by a major hull insurer.
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NewsShipping faces new safety challenges
The shipping industry’s safety record is again under the microscope, writes Denzil Stuart. A major new report identifies a series of new safety challenges for the industry to get a grip on a century after the ''Titanic'' disaster.
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NewsIce research aims to cut uncertainty in design and operation
Wendy Laursen explains that ice design is a case of brute force, but not ignorance, as classification societies turn research into safety for ships operating in the Arctic.
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NewsRemote controlled helicopter to inspect cargo holds
Italian classification society RINA is currently nearing completion of a three-year, EU co-funded R&D project on marine inspection robotic assistant systems (MINOAS). The project includes the development of a small, remote-controlled, four-rotor helicopter which is able to carry out overall surveys within the cargo holds of ships by taking photographs ...
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BV focuses on container ship springing
Bureau Veritas has introduced a new family of additional class notations, WhiSp, that give special attention to whipping and springing of container ships. Since the vessel’s natural frequency decreases with size and the wave encounter frequency increases with speed, large and fast container ships run the risk of encountering resonant ...
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NewsOutlook positive for LNG even when the charterer pays
Wendy Laursen says that LNG’s CO2 performance may be debatable, but it will improve EEDI values and take shipowners beyond compliance.
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NewsEmission deadlines concentrate minds
While facing increasingly competitive and often volatile market conditions, ship operators have the added challenge of finding cost-effective solutions to all-pervasive environmental controls; David Tinsley looks at some of the options.
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NewsWhen industry and science align
It’s a good guess that the Ballast Water Management Convention will come into force in the next year or so. But the question is, has the industry made room for it - in both a physical as well as market sense?
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NewsEfficiency is the name of the game
There’s something for everyone in this latest round of legislation, as the energy efficiency design index (EEDI) is the first tightening of control that will directly affect owners. The EEDI will force all ships over 400 tonnes built after 2013 to improve their efficiency by 10%, rising to 20% between ...
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NewsTaking a systematic approach to screening fire risks
UK-based company Safety at Sea Ltd describes its new fire risk screening methodology, designed to meet the requirements of large ships, and larger cruise vessels in particular.
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NewsDistrust and disbelief over carbon
Part of the problem seems to be there is some distrust between governmental bodies and the shipping industry. It’s flared up again with a UK Energy and Climate Change Committee report accusing shipping of “delaying tactics” with regard to its calls for a global IMO emissions scheme, and winding up ...
