Class Rules & Guides

Today, demonstrating and assuring the safety and integrity of the offshore units has become much more important than ever before. Offshore classification plays a very significant important role in this respect and success will rely on new ways of working: reducing complexity and streamlining processes for greater quality and cost efficiency, while analysing increasing volumes of data to manage risks and generate safer, more sustainable operations.

DNV GL's in-depth knowledge and experience of the offshore industry and its fast-evolving regulatory landscape enables us to offer the most efficient classification services in the industry. We provide customers with dedicated support across the entire facility lifecycle. Drawing on a worldwide network of expertise, we offer specialist local advice and provide offshore unit owners, operators and legislators with a transparent and consistent sen/ice based on technical and regulatory knowledge and insight. We provide a truly comprehensive range of classification and other related services to ship designers and builders, ship owners and operators of offshore units (MOUs), ensuring safe, reliable and high-performing mobile offshore units. Added value beyond compliance As a trusted advisor on safety in a complex regulatory environment, we deliver added value to customers by improving efficiency and oversight.

With access to dedicated experts in more than 37 countries, DNV GL Offshore Classification deliver local access to global best practice. Our offshore Class services build on our experience as one of the world's leading ship Class societies and is backed by more than 150 years of experience. We deliver perfect services beyond compliance that help customers to differentiate operations in competitive environments...

As the name of this DNV-GL publication says, it is dedicated to the latest projects and developments in the LNG industry. It provides valuable updates on this industry, new rules for the gas fuelled vessels, innovations for sustainable and safe shipping, sheds some light on the alternative fuels and to the various engines for the ships fuelled by gas, provides list of LNG ships on order and in operation, and all confirmed projects.

In addition to that, necessary clarification on the Gas Ready notation assigned by DNV-GL is provided. Today, LNG is proven and available fuel. Of course, the conventional fuels based on the oil will be the main option for greater part of the existing ships in the nearest future; however, the commercial opportunities of liquid natural gas fuels seem to be very interesting for various new construction/conversion projects.

This booklet was developed by us to help you in assessing the factors coming into play, based on our experience with this technology as well as various services relating to the design/construction/operation of the ships fuelled by LNG. We would recommend this booklet to anyone dealing with the LNG and there are no too may publications available today, that would address this technology.

Here is the document listing all the vessels that are classed by Russian Register, one of the world's leaders in the field of classification. This Register book is released once every two years so this edition is the last published. The book contains all information related to the sea-going vessels that are self-propelled and have the gross tonnage equal to or exceeding 100 tons.

The present release of the publication contains valuable info on the ship owners - their names have been recorded in the Column 1 of this Register. The e-version of the Record is also available and it includes the latest amendments, i.e. those taking place after this publication have been released. Though all data contained in the document were obtained from the reliable sources of information, RS cannot actually guarantee the accuracy of all provided details.

The publication starts with the list of abbreviations and symbols used, followed by the key to the Register and the main block. Then there is list of former names of the vessel and list of owners in Russian Federation and in the foreign countries. The document will be very useful for people who may require the full information on the vessel, having only the name and knowing that the vessel is classed by RS.

This paper is representing the final formal report released by EMSA and containing the study on rules and standards related to the bunkering of gas-fuelled vessels. The IMO MEPC introduced the emission controls which for sure will significantly affect the international maritime industry over the next decades. The introduction of ECA's, US and also Canadian territorial waters implies that the owners of the vessels shall start considering the arrangements alternative to the traditional HFO, and one of such solutions could be switching to LNG fuel.

The document opens with the executive summary, which is followed by the introductory section defining the objective of the paper, limitations to the study and also describing the methodological approach applied. The next chapter has been dedicated to the classification of the bunkering process, describing the elements of the gas supply for the bunkering operations and categorization of the relevant regulatory framework.

The remaining chapters cover the recognized standardization bodies, some of the European studies, status of onshore and also maritime regulations relating to the gas supply chain, existing regulatory gaps, references, schedule of the study and associated milestones, stakeholder consultations etc. Some additional useful information is there in the Appendix.

Below are some of the questions addressed within this LR paper: would you see yourself a driver of changes with regard to the use of the liquid natural gas as a fuel? today, is your port providing or at least planning to provide the infrastructure for LNG bunkering for the short-sea or local shipping? in July 2011, the IAPH (standing for the International Association of Ports and Harbours) launched a new project of developing guidelines for the LNG bunkering in ports, so does is your port participate in the project? what bunkering facilities (of what type) are currently provided in your Port for gas fuelled ships - or, if there are no such facilities at the moment, what are you planning to provide in the future? what is the timeframe for LNG bunkering operations to begin at your port? what are the anticipated sources of fuel for LNG bunkering and in what volumes will the fuel be provided? what kind of infrastructure are planned to be developed in your port for LNG fuel supply to the port? what will be the expected proportion of the gas fuel of the total volume in your port? in general, would you be considering the liquid gas as a bunker fuel for deep-sea shipping in the next years? which type of ships would you think to be best suited for such bunkering at your port and why?

This is a briefing presentation that was prepared by Jonathan Earthy and Bernard Twomey, Lloyds Register Electrotechnical. Much publicity of the threat to the maritime sector from various malicious attacks of organisations and systems via information technology.

Threat is real, and loss is relating to the use and misuse of systems that have software as a key component. Today's presentation is dedicated to the consequences of insufficient maturity in the maritime industry using this technology. We do hope to inform a good discussion on how exactly the marine insurance industry can address such risks. This document covers components and lifecycle, issues and causes, effects, mitigations, and some examples.

The booklet stats with an overview followed by the chapters addressing user understanding, unexpected behavior and unsafe requirements, insufficient testing, system upgrade - technical, financial and environmental risks as well as risk to reputation, cyber security, components of a software intensive system - basics, controlled systems, protocols, programs and data, lifecycle and responsibilities, various issues relating to the information technology/cyber systems, cause of problems and effects in the marine context, mitigations and preventions...

Ethane is produced from natural gas (on an industrial scale) and is actually treated as the by-product of oil refining process. The global production of this gas was at about 55 million tonnes level in 2013, the majority being in the United States and Middle East. It is primarily used in the chemical industry, namely in the production of another gas, ethylene. In turn, ethylene is further used in the production of PVC, polyethylene, styrene and ethylene glycol.

Throughout the history, ethane gas has been carried in the small ethane/ethylene carriers that were specifically designed for transportation of ethylene, taking into account its boiling point of -104C, ethane and other LPG cargo. The present report consists of two parts. In part A the authors look at the most important factors influencing the expected future demand for the transportation of the ethane cargoes from the United States.

It is assumed that such increasing demand will require larger ships (with capacity more than 400000 cub.m.) and it means that these ships will most probably be too large for the containment systems that have been in use up to today. This is what the second part of this report is dealing with - what the new containment systems may look like. /span>

Official release by Japanese Class Society, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). It has been meant for ship masters and is intended to let them easily check whether their ships are kept in seaworthy and safe condition at any given time. When correctly applied and followed, this set of checklists will play a good role in providing the proper control over the maintenance of the vessel and, subsequently, make shipping safer.

Since the very first release of this booklet was published in 1994 and amended in 1996 to include the updates on the maintenance standards, significant number of comments and new ideas were received from the ship owners and other parties involved. The present edition of the Guide was prepared by NK Class Society based on those ideas and comments as well as NK database of detained vessels. Ship owners and crew members are expected to make all necessary arrangements for proper maintenance of the ships and make sure their ships are kept in a safe and seaworthy condition.

The authors hope that this Guide will be useful for the Masters and owners as the information contained in it is very practical and may contribute in proper maintenance and operation of the vessel; the checklist provided therein may be used not only for the official checks but also for the routine verification.