The membership of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), including Lloyd’s Register and Maersk Line, have signed shared commitments to set clear sustainability targets for their businesses by end 2014.
The continuing trend towards the use of greener fuels and in particular preparations for the adoption of LNG, was a common thread running through several announcements by class societies during the opening two days of SMM.
Classification society ABS has been selected to class a series of very large ethane carriers (VLECs) built at Samsung Heavy Industries for India’s conglomerate Reliance.
Classification society ABS has opened a new office in Beijing, China in a move to deepen collaboration with the Chinese industry, academic institutions and research organisations.
In another breakthrough in natural gas shipping Indonesian power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN) has ordered the first ever CNG carrier at Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry shipyard in China.
Classification society ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote maritime R&D and innovations such as LNG bunkering.
In another first for LNG powered vessels classification society ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME) have formed a joint development project (JDP) to design an LNG fuelled drillship.