Shanghai-headquartered Wison Offshore & Marine (Wison) has announced that its newly developed floating storage regasification and power generation barge (W-FSRP) has received an approval-in-principle from classification society Bureau Veritas (BV).

The first fruits of a digital partnership between Bureau Veritas and French aerospace-to-automotive group Dassault were unveiled at a special press event held in London earlier this week.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a new 1MW floating platform deriving power from heat in the ocean.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has published requirements for a new LNG bunkering notation, for small tankers capable of ship-to-ship transfer of LNG for fuel.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has been chosen to class a series of LNG carriers under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for Russia’s Yamal LNG project.

Bureau Veritas has given approval in principle for a 4,000 cu m LNG bunkering barge designed by containment system company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT).

Bureau Veritas (BV) passed 100m gt of classed tonnage in the first half of 2014, totalling 10,700 vessels.  

Bureau Veritas (BV) has been nominated by Saipem to oversee the conversion of two VLCCs into turret-moored Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels as part of a $4bn project commissioned by Total.

Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines for the safe handling of LNG during bunkering.

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has elected a new chairman, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore executive vp Philippe Donche-Gay.