Anne Moschner Director Communications, DNV GL - Maritime
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Mooring is among the most common of all maritime tasks, yet mooring operations are far from standardized. In order to ensure safe mooring involving both new and existing tonnage and equipment, standards are currently being upgraded and conventional wisdom is being revisited.
Machinery Maintenance Connect (MMC) is DNV GL’s new remote approach to MPMS. Data is processed via algorithms and presented in a digital dashboard – enabling remote survey and unlocking new insights into maintenance performance.
To help vessel owners and operators resume safer operations, DNV GL has developed the CIP-M certification, which enables them to demonstrate they have procedures and systems in place for the proper prevention, control, and mitigation of infection, to protect their customers and crews.
DNV GL has opened its first Global AM Centre of Excellence in Singapore. It is a pilot service delivery centre for next generation digital assurance and advisory services in 3D printing and allied technologies. The conducted projects aim to advance 3D printing in the maritime industry. Read more details here.
Key maritime stakeholders have come together to develop the Open Simulation Platform – a collaborative space where advanced digital twins are used to test vessel systems in different scenarios. It will be launched in 2020.
The EU ship recycling regulation (EU SRR) requires all EU/EEA flagged ships above 500 GT and third part ships visiting EU/EEA ports and anchorages to carry an Inventory of Hazardous Materials, or IHM from end of 2020 on. DNV GL expert Gerhard Aulbert explains what owners need to know.
With the maritime industry implementing measures to increase ship and system security, DNV GL and Naval Dome are taking a closer look at how vendors can achieve type approval.
Every five years, DNV GL looks ten years ahead to understand trends and technologies and their impacts on our world. The most recent Technology Outlook reviews emerging technologies that are likely to create opportunities related to the long-term value of assets and technologies that could help improve risk management.
DNV GL’s long-standing efforts to ensure safe performance of aft most propeller shaft bearings continue. The class society has recently updated its oil lubrication acceptance criteria to differentiate between environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) and mineral oils in terms of their ability to form a reliable lubricant film.
The IMO BWM convention took effect in September 2019. A wide selection of type-approved, USCG-compliant ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) are now available in the market. Retrofitting activities are expected to peak in 2022.