UK-based Newport Shipping has been awarded approval in principle by DNV for new deck-mounted bunker tanks to store LNG for dual-fuel LNG engine retrofits.

French company AYRO has been awarded an approval-in-principle (AIP) for its wind-assisted propulsion system for ships from classification society DNV.

Classification society DNV GL is dropping the GL brand name to become simply DNV.

DNV GL has handed out its new rule set, comprised of the two rule sets brought together by the merger of DNV and GL, to 800 customers and stakeholders as part of an external hearing process.

Global fuel testing services firm DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) is seeking to offer more value-added services as it is set to undertake major rebranding exercise that will see it have a new name and logo by the middle of this year.

The merger of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) into new company DNV GL has been completed, and the new company is to start operations from tomorrow, after the Chinese competition authorities approved the deal.

Classification society DNV expects to close its merger transaction with Germanischer Lloyd (GL) by the end of this month pending approval from the Chinese authorities.

DNV will class the five 18,000 teu and five 14,000 teu container ships ordered by UASC last week, with a design to make them easily retrofitted to be powered by LNG.

DNV has launched a significant revision to the rules for wind farm service vessels (WFSV) to improve the safety of these specialised vessels which are undertaking multiple roles further and further offshore. The announcement was made at the...