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I HORIZO NS News and information for the marine industry April 2009 Issue 26
Asian shipping
Lloyd’s Register supporting Asia’s growing voice in the global maritime community Horizons0409_1-3.qxd 1/4/09 10:02 Page 2
Contents Introduction by Roy Thomson 3 Frank Tsao on Asian shipping 4 Shipbuilding in China 6 China shipbreaking 8 Lloyd’s Register Asia Maritime Institute 10 The aim is to ‘equip the staff’, not ‘staff the equipment’ 12 Japan enters an era of opportunity 16 Moving Sakhalin’s LNG to market 18 Korea - weathering the financial storms 21 Eletson Corp. launches into LPG market 22 South Korea’s DSRV II achieves deep dive 24 Three HMD-built tankers make top ship list 26 Training new surveyors 28
LIFE MATTERS The Lloyd's Register Group is an organisation that works to enhance safety and to approve assets and systems at sea, on land and in the air. We check that assets and systems work so that people and communities around the world can get on with everyday life in safety. To make this happen, we set, uphold and apply high technical standards of design, manufacture, construction, maintenance, operation and performance. Horizons0409_1-3.qxd 1/4/09 10:02 Page 3
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Introduction
AT this moment, almost 93% of the global order-book for new ships being built to class rules is contracted at shipyards in Asia. The vast majority of the mariners who will work on those ships will be Asian and, if the current trend continues, more than half of those vessels will be owned by Asians. The world’s biggest trade lanes are now to and from Asia.
So not only is it entirely appropriate that the Asian voice grows louder in the global maritime community, it is necessary.
Shipping may continue to be regulated from Europe, but the commercial decisions are increasingly being made in Asia. For this relationship to remain productive, Asia’s input needs to grow.
Few would argue that global regulations created to protect the safety of lives at sea or the environment can succeed in our modern industry without recognising the uniqueness and influence of the Asian market. This will be even more important as we move forward.
Asia’s rise – and its urgent need to develop Asia’s rise is also why we last month opened technical expertise – is the reason why the our first ever dedicated marine surveyor training Lloyd’s Register Group established the first centre, also in Shanghai, from where the branch of its Maritime Training Institute (MTI) program will stream more than 200 graduates in Shanghai. into our ranks over the next five years.
Since its opening in August 2007, the MTI has Surveyor training and the MTI is our way of trained more than 560 of our shipyard and helping to assure that Asia – and the Lloyd’s ship-owner clients on everything from the Register Group – continues to develop the potential impact of Common Structural Rules technical expertise that our industry demands. to Hull Integrity. With that in mind, I hope you find this Asian edition of Horizons informative.
Roy Thompson Regional Marine Manager, Lloyd's Register Asia Horizons0409_4-11v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:07 Page 4
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The growing influence of Asian shipowners is an inevitable consequence of the industry’s evolution
A year after arriving in Hong Kong from from civil war-torn mainland in 1949, Frank Tsao bought his first ship and co-founded the Great Southern Steamship Co. Today, his company IMC controls 100 ships.
Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-king IT may be industry consensus that maritime He says he believes the industry has a “very shipping is being savaged by the ill-winds of a serious” three years to face before putting the global recession, but very few top executives are recession behind it, followed by another three offering predictions on how deep the downturn to five years of gradual recovery. will reach or how long it will last. “Whatever we are committed to, it is a good time This may be because few have been around to build up our reputation,” Tsao says. “Anything long enough to recall a time when so many we were considering that we were not committed storm clouds have converged so ominously over to, we stop. This applies to all our projects.” the industry. Tsao bought his first ship, the 1908-built Ebonol, One respected Asian shipping magnate who has in late 1949 and formed the Great Southern seen it all after almost 60 years in the business is Steamship Co. Ltd. Today, the IMC Group has Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-king, Founder and Senior interests that range from wet and dry bulk Chairman of the IMC Group. But even he says the transport and logistics and mining to offshore and scale of this downturn is unprecedented. marine engineering, shipbuilding and repair.
“This time the recession will be very, very big – The IMC Group began a process of commercial much bigger than I have ever experienced in my diversification in the 1980s. It now has a fleet of 59 years of shipping,” Tsao told Horizons in Hong more than 100 ships at its disposal, everything Kong. “I do not know what the final result will be, from oil tankers and dry bulk carriers but every political leader has alerted us that this is to tugs, barges and support equipment such just the beginning.” as loaders and cranes. Horizons0409_4-11v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:07 Page 5
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To serve a maritime business empire that covers all That is not to say the growing Asian voice in the major raw-materials sourcing, manufacturing shipping will contradict the opinions of owners in and consumer markets, the group’s fleet comprises the rest of the world. While there are “tremendous more than 50 tankers and bulk carriers. Such differences” in the cultures of the West and East, diversity gives Tsao a unique view of the maritime Tsao says he believes pragmatism and common industry, in good times and bad. commercial interests will continue to mould similar industry perspectives. Perhaps only a decade ago, insightful comments about the market would only have been uttered “Perhaps the only difference is that western by Asia’s shipping fraternity over a quiet dinner or shipowners traditionally have played the piano and, glass of wine, between trusted friends. But Tsao, in the East, we have done the dancing. Now we are who is now 83, represents a clear example of how playing our own tunes so that others are doing our the voice of Asian shipowners is emerging, to the style of dancing,” he says. “This is only natural. benefit of the industry. People are getting more concerned about protecting their own interests. But we still need to discuss things He is on the international advisory panel for this globally, so that compromises can be reached.” year’s Sea Asia conference and exhibition in Singapore, where the theme is: The Asian Voice In his 1998 book, My Fifty Years – Turbulent in World Shipping: Clearer and Stronger. Lloyd’s Sailing,Tsao laid some of the responsibility for Register is the principal sponsor of the event. shipping’s last great crisis of 1982-87 on rampant Tsao sees the growing influence of Asian vessel ordering and easily attained capital from shipowners as an “inevitable” consequence of bankers who “willingly offered to lend shipowners the industry’s evolution. 105% of the loan amount for which they applied”. It led to a huge over-supply of new tonnage. “Almost half of the world fleet is owned by Asian shipowners. The cargo movements have gradually While the crisis in the 80s largely was contained shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the to the shipping industry, he says there are obvious intra-Asia trades are now among the largest. parallels to be drawn with the current recession. The maritime scene is mostly in Asia now,” Tsao But he believes the impact will be different this time. says. “At least 80% of shipbuilding is in Asia; the seafarers are mostly Asian – Indian, Filipino “I don’t believe the Hong Kong shipowners will be or Chinese. You name it, it is all gradually shifting as affected … because they learned such a severe to the East. So it is only natural that the lesson last time. In 1982, there were 82 shipowners shipowners in the East have more voice.” in Hong Kong; that number was reduced to 22 at the end of the downturn. Three-quarters were The latest data from LR Fairplay confirms that gone,” Tsao says. “It is the new shipowners that 93% of the 371.7m gt global class order-book is will suffer this time, especially those in China; they presently contracted at Asian yards, 326.6m gt of will collapse because they borrowed too much that to yards in North Asia. money. That is the key.”
For further information contact: Russell Barling, Corporate Communications Manager, Asia
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Shipbuilding in China records another ‘great leap forward’
increases in all areas of our marine business activities In 2008, shipbuilding in China was marked by the emergence of huge – from shipbuilding services and the certification new public and private-sector shipyards that began production and of materials and components to ship repairs and delivered their first ships. With contracts from the past two record conversions.” years only now starting to slide off China’s myriad of new slipways, output is expected to jump again this year. Lloyd’s Register Asia secured 165 contracts for new vessels last year, or 3.1 million gross tons (gt), pushing its order-book in China to almost 15.5 million gt by year end.
But 2009, with the recession further eroding the demand for new vessels, will likely be the truest test of the Chinese shipbuilding industry and the measures the MIIT, CANSI and supporting organisations such as Lloyd’s Register have taken since 2007, when China’s 11th 5-year plan was unveiled.
While MIIT and CANSI say there will be about 500 fewer shipyards in operation this year than in 2008, more than 2,000 registered yards are expected to continue to ply their trades, approximately 500 of which will be in the export market.
The final quarter of last year starkly illustrated the global recession’s potential to have a long-term impact on shipbuilding: Chinese yards contracted the IMC-YY ship repair yard in THE volume of commercial vessels delivered from equivalent of 640,000 compensated gross tons (cgt) Zhoudan, China China’s shipyards leapt 52% last year as the country’s in the fourth quarter last year compared with 7.8 builders ramped up production to meet the demands million cgt for the comparative quarter of 2007, of their swollen order-books. according to ship brokers, Clarksons. Globally, the industry fared little better, securing just 2.2 million gt According to the China Association of National in 4Q/08 against 20.8 million cgt in 4Q/07. Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI), output reached 28.8 million deadweight tonnes (dwt), or 29.5 % of the What has become clear is that many Chinese yards world market. Industry profits surged 50.5% year on will have to start designing and producing higher- year to 28.34 billion yuan, according to the Ministry technology vessels or find niches markets to survive, of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). And says Brown. China’s builders captured 37.7% of all new orders last year, or 58.18 million dwt in ships. In that light, the Shanghai-based design development team (DDT) of Lloyd’s Register Asia is currently And although 2008 may be most remembered for the supporting the development of 12 new vessel designs last four months when contracting collapsed, all in at Chinese yards and design houses, three of which all, it was another great leap forward for China’s are for LNG vessels. shipbuilders, says Lloyd’s Register Asia’s Nick Brown, Country and Marine Manager for China. “As the market changed, the DDT’s capabilities were adapted to meet the new demand, with expertise “There were tremendous developments all across in CSR Tanker design and novel or niche ship-types China’s marine industry last year,” Brown says. “Rapid brought into the team,” Brown says. “Owners and growth in the number and size of the ship-building yards are looking to design houses for new crude facilities and overall industry investment drove strong and product-tanker designs, cement carriers, semi-submersibles, heavy-lift vessels, self-discharging and laker-type bulk carriers. Horizons0409_4-11v5.qxd 2/4/09 17:49 Page 7
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“Only the strongest yards will have the experience, facilities and supplier and client confidence to make it through the challenges of the next three years in their current state,” he says. “We have focussed our business-development activities on yards which not only have the facilities, but also the experience, and which we feel have sustainable long-term operations with a desire to build quality products.”
Brown says some of the yards Lloyd’s Register Asia will work with are, naturally, the biggest and most experienced in China, such as Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard. But others will have much smaller operations building tugs, barges and niche ship-types.
China’s yards and owners with Lloyd’s Register-classed reduction investigations on newly delivered LNG ships. vessels will continue to be supported by the Technical “But perhaps our greatest focus last year was on Performance Group (TPG, see Pages 12-13), a team of the training we offer to our designer, ship-yard and non-fee earning experts who help to maintain high ship-owner clients, not to mention our own staff. quality levels across the entire supply chain, from the Since opening in August 2007, our Shanghai Marine yards to their component and materials suppliers. Training Institute [MTI] has delivered the highest quality training on subjects that range from owner- The business-development team also continues to favourites such as hull inspection, damage and repair provide regulatory and market updates to designers, to customised courses on risk management,” Brown builders and owners, while compiling feedback from says. “That training will accelerate this year.” the industry to identify the new services and support required as the markets change. As of February 28th, the MTI had 562 clients attend its training courses and seminars in China, 414 in “This is how, in 2007, we developed our industry- 2008 alone. leading “gap analysis” to support the industry as it scrambled to prepare for the IMO’s new regulations on In March, Lloyd’s Register Asia opened the Maritime Performance Standards for Protective Coatings,” says Surveyor Training Institute (MSTI, see Pages 26-27). Brown. “That service has been delivered to more than 50 yards in China now, providing practical information The MSTI launched with a six-month intensive on the preparation and training required to seamlessly training program for 20 recently recruited surveyors. adopt a very challenging new regulation.” “This program allows us to recruit people who have Lloyd’s Register’s ODS team, technical specialists who 2-to-10 years in the marine industry and help them established their first Asian office in Shanghai last to build the technical training and knowledge that year, was kept very busy from the onset, delivering is required for our surveyors to fully support our services such as noise and vibration predictions for clients,” Brown says. For further information vessels at the design stage and vibration control and contact Russell Barling, “The world economy may have changed dramatically Corporate Communications from last year to this, but our commitment to China’s Manager, Asia marine industry has not. We will continue to build co- operation and mutual support with the most quality- dedicated shipyards, owners, suppliers and designers. E [email protected] We will increase our impartial technical support to T +852 2287 9375 our clients during the testing times ahead and we are sure that, as a result, our clients’ businesses will be better able to continue to provide safe and efficient maritime transport services.” Horizons0409_4-11v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:07 Page 8
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China shipbreaking: recycling responsibly
The fourth general meeting of the International Ship Recycling Association Part broken ship alongside - (ISRA) was held in the Shanghai region in December 2008. As an associate dismantling engine room member and founder in ISRA, Lloyds Register’s Robin Townsend, External Affairs Lead Specialist, attended the event.
IN order to showcase to International Ship Recycling Sumin Yang, business manager for Lloyd's Register Association (ISRA) members the ability and capacity Quality Assurance (LRQA) explained the practicalities of Chinese yards, the body’s Fourth General Meeting and consequences of ISO 30000 certification. The ISO was convened in the Chang Jiang Shipbreaking yard 30000 series seeks to assist organizations in Jiangyin. implementing or improving a ship recycling management system through guidance on the Ship recyclers from Turkey, China, Europe and the US allocation of resources, assignment of responsibilities used the meeting to commit the ISRA membership to and ongoing evaluation of practices, procedures and achieving demonstrable compliance with the processes. international quality assurance standard, ISO 30000, by the end of 2009. The International Organization The document details specifications for for Standardization ISO 30000 is a new series of implementing and managing safe, legally complying management system standards for the recycling of and environmentally conscious recycling facilities. ships, and is aimed at supporting environmental These standards can be used by the ship recycling protection and increasing worker safety. industry, shipyards, shipping industries, ship owners, maritime research institutes, universities for maritime The meeting also elected a full time Director, Arjen technology, ministries of shipping, navy, labour and Aytendaal, with responsibility to secure global the environment, port authorities, classification recognition for ISRA as a quality, green, ship societies and inspection agencies. recycling brand; to give expert advice on safe and environmentally sound ship recycling, and to ensure that shipowners can rely on ISRA members to recycle their ship in a responsible manner.
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The neighbouring ship repair yard, Chengxi, is The ISRA delegates were joined by representatives already accredited by LRQA to the similar standard from local yards, including designers and owners ISO 140001, giving local owners a guide as to their to hear about the proposed new IMO convention, ability to comply with the standard, and a chance to and Lloyd's Register’s existing solution – the judge the local expertise and track record of Lloyd's Green Passport. Register Asia’s Shanghai office. The reaction, interest and capability of On the second day of the meeting, the agenda Chinese yards is regarded as most important, completed, delegates were treated to a tour of the as the adoption of the IMO Convention on Ship Chang Jiang Shipbreaking yard. This very impressive Recycling has been scheduled to take place during facility on the banks of the Yangtze River, has two a diplomatic conference in Hong Kong on Part broken ship alongside large basins for mooring and dismantling the ships, May 2009. supported by extensive land facilities. The seminar was acquainted with the Green The yard, which has pioneered green ship recycling Passport concept, which is intended to comply in China, in partnership with Maersk is currently with the IMO convention when it comes into taking advantage of the recent economic downturn force. The document is an inventory of hazardous and has just purchased 15 more ships for recycling. materials which is prepared at newbuild, or during the life of existing ships. It lists the hazardous Delegates noted, and were impressed to see the materials that the recycling facility needs to deal yard’s detailed and extensive precautions against oil with during the recycling process. Also, with spillage – not only were the normal booms in place an inventory of hazards onboard, it also has to trap any surface oil, but even the quayside was important benefits for safety through the life protected by large plastic sheets to protect against of the ship. drips and resulting defacement of the concrete dockside. The sheeting was also used to hold the oil With the presence of asbestos, hydrocarbons booms after use, giving additional protection. and other environmentally hazardous substances Cleaning area for heavily oiled in ships, it can have negative repercussions for parts – note drain and general Following the yard tour delegates attended a ship the environment and human health if the cleanliness recycling seminar at the new Lloyd's Register Marine scrapping process is not carefully controlled. Institute in Shanghai, organised by Lloyd's Register Lloyds Register issued the world’s first green Asia’s Ben Lau, Asia External & Regulatory Affairs passport in 2004 and since then has issued almost Manager; Roy Ellams, Marine Client Training four hundred. There are at present 14 ships under Manager, North Asia, and Jetteen Huang, Marine construction in China already signed up for Consultancy Services Product Manager, China. Green Passports.
For further information contact Robin Townsend, Lead Specialist, External Affairs, Lloyd’s Register, London
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Lloyd's Register Asia Maritime Institute, Shanghai – feeding ‘an insatiable appetite for knowledge’
In September 2007, Lloyd's Register Asia opened Shanghai's most comprehensive foreign-funded maritime training centre. The aim was to create a centre of learning from where working surveyors and auditors could share their technical knowledge with China's shipbuilders, owners and maritime students, writes Rachel Gong, MTS Marketing Manager for China
PRIOR to 2005, China’s shipping industry was At the time, Lloyd's Register Asia’s then Director, without an in-country professional, training John Stansfeld said: “Quality training, disseminating provider, or a regular schedule of marine the latest industry knowledge to the ultimate training courses. benefit of the public, is part of the fabric at Lloyd's Register. We are committed to the creation of The arrival of a Lloyd's Register Marine Training maritime learning institutes and supporting related Services (MTS) team in Shanghai changed all research and development whenever practicable, that, and in October 2005, the first Ship New and wherever industry demand is greatest. Construction Course was launched. “China’s rapid emergence as a modern maritime Market research conducted by Lloyd’s Register's power has been spectacular to watch. But it is Marine Training Services (MTS) had indicated that no secret the country’s shipbuilding industry has seminars on environmental regulations, technical technical challenges to surmount before it can risk management, hull design, noise and vibration, become the world leader by 2015, as is its goal. and shaft alignment would all be eagerly received At Lloyd's Register, we believe we have a role by China's maritime industry. to play in that regard.”
In sending the team, Lloyd’s Register had And in response to those challenges, a new global anticipated what would become a boom market strategy, and a new institution, was be born. in training, and from 2005 to 2006, MTS China It was decided to build on the MTS China team’s started rolling out its “best seller” courses from success, and in early 2007, work began on what MTS global stable – from Hull damage and repair would become the cornerstone of a 3-million-yuan and Risk management of new building, to commitment to the development of educational Shaft alignment. courses and related infrastructure in China. Horizons0409_4-11v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:07 Page 11
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The new Lloyd's Register Asia Maritime Institute, Lloyd’s Register Global Technology Leaders Shanghai (LRMI) opened on 17 September 2007. specialising in areas such as hull design, electrical It was created to provide a dedicated school and engineering systems and new materials have offering specifically tailored seminars, lectures rotated through the institute. Their seminars have and training courses. so far been delivered to full houses. In addition, further seminars have been delivered by experts Envisaged by Lloyd’s Register to be the first in a from leading manufacturers, like Wartsila and network of such facilities in China and North Asia, SAM Electrics. it now has the capacity to seat up to 50 students at each seminar, lecture or training course. LRMI, has also become a centre for the understanding of new technology and It is also used to deliver highly interactive specialist international maritime regulations, offering courses, in which enrolment is typically limited a meeting place for local clients to listen and to 15 students. Many of the lectures and seminars exchange the industry information. are presented in Mandarin. And a recent addition is the Lloyd’s Register Within its first full year of operation LRMI had delivered Marine Surveyor Training Institute which has 2,295 man/days worth of training to 52 different clients. opened the door to selected surveyors in China, One of the major milestones during that first full year to meet the coming peak of newbuilding work was the co-operation with the National Association in the China market. of Coating Engineers (NACE) to offer the NACE Level CIP I & II qualification training. Some 212 shipyard Roy Ellams, MTS manager North East Asia, employees had been certified by NACE by the end says, “The Chinese shipping industry has an of 2008. insatiable appetite for knowledge which translates into demand for not only training courses, The MTS China team has also worked with Sven but short lectures and seminars on their latest Mortensen, Senior Marine Coating Specialist for challenges; understanding the impact of the Lloyd’s Register Asia to develop a two-day English new regulations governing the performance language PSPC course tailored to foreign and standard for protective coatings on ships is domestic ship-owners. MTS China also began a good example. work with ODS, the noise & vibration technology consultancy to deliver noise & vibration base “Our Shanghai centre has equipped us with the training to the ship builders. LRMI has since most advanced training tools to continue to meet further enhanced its reputation as industry leader this demand, giving us a base where our network in training in China by exploiting its links with of industry experts can deliver exclusive, practical MTS in London. and informative instruction.”
For further information contact Roy Ellams, Marine Client Training Manager, North Asia
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The aim is ‘to equip the staff’, not ‘to staff the equipment’
In December 2008, Dr Jonathan Earthy Lloyd's Register’s Principal Human Factors Specialist, addressed a conference on Modern Watchkeeping and the Human Element, in New Delhi, India.
The delegates were maninly serving deck officers, and Dr Earthy’s paper, Wheelhouse Rules – Linking Design and Operation, addressed directly one of the biggest challenges confronting them today at sea.
THE modern ship bridge is very different to its Lloyd’s Register has a goal-based, human-centred forebears in its implementation, and the role of approach that treats technology as a resource to the bridge team continues to evolve to meet its be used by the bridge team rather than an entity changing demands, writes Dr Jonathan Earthy. in its own right.
The traditional requirements of good It is an approach that dictates continuing watchkeeping and lookout remain, but need technological and operational change requires to be maintained in a context of greatly expanded a flexible approach, that will enable the bridge communications and information flow. It is team to carry out their roles safely and effectively. expected that the range of operational functions It also requires any assessment of a system’s and communications activities associated with dependability is based on established design the bridge will grow. principles rather than specific design solutions. Horizons0409_12-15v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:14 Page 3
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WHL: designing the solution
Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) are leading examples of the It is common to find bridge consoles that do not allow control progression towards the Ship Control Centre (SCC) concept, operation while seated. There are frequent examples of control panel whereby the bridge becomes the hub for much more than layouts that are physically hard to operate or where meaning of the navigation. Other current examples of “navigation +” include layout is not obvious. The widespread problem of poor dimming of passenger ship safety centres, stern acting tankers, and ships with displays and indicators can be mitigated by sensible design. However, cargo handling or office functions on the bridge. The SCC concept the ‘dream’ solution of centralised (or automatic) dimming is was the focus of the European ATOMOS research project (of expensive to achieve and difficult to maintain through-life. which Lloyd's Register was a partner), which produced several International Standards, a ship demonstrator, and a body of Consistency at the level of symbology and labelling is vital, and the guidance on all aspects of integrated ship control. ‘Common Display Surface’ IEC 62288 is an important step in working toward this aim. Detailed prescription at this level can be invaluable. Of direct relevance to the WHL notation was work on dependable Combining information into ‘task based displays’ will progress beyond computer systems, support to Bridge Resource Management (BRM) conning displays. The use of multi-function consoles will expand; and bridge design guidance. The bridge layout, automation and prescriptive solutions are less appropriate at this level of design. equipment are considered as resources to the bridge team. However, a human-centred approach to bridge design does not just It is also important to know just how much a ship depends on its accommodate technology push; the aim is ‘to equip the staff’ not computer system, and how dependable the system is. Lloyd’s Register ‘to staff the equipment’. has developed a principles-based approach (drawing on ISO 17894), which is used in the Controls section of the Rules and in the WHL So, it was decided to incorporate the requirements of IMO SN.1/ notation. Such an approach is necessary if the real risks of modern Circ. 265 (Guidelines on the application of SOLAS Regulation V/15 technology are to be addressed. to INS, IBS and bridge design) into the notation. Co-written by IMPA and Lloyd’s Register, the notation identifies the needs of the bridge team and the pilot and the BRM principles that should be taken into account in the design and arrangement of INS, IBS and for bridge design for the installation of INS and IBS on the bridge. In practical terms, it aims to enable a watchkeeper to know what the ship and the team are doing without being glued to a computer screen; providing the basis for BRM and the prevention of single operator error.
A human-centred approach will also be necessary for the introduction of e-navigation, where the aim is “to equip shipboard users and those ashore responsible for the safety of shipping with modern, proven tools that are optimized for good decision making”.
There is reasonable consensus on the requirements for a comfortable working environment (noise, heat, lighting, vibration) and these can be specified for the bridge or for the whole ship.
Lloyd's Register has been involved with the field innovative designs, support the bridge team as of bridge/ship control centre design since the early a whole and address the usability of integrated 1990's and have contributed to IMO, ISO, IEC and computer systems. IACS work in this area during this time. The WHL notation, which is to be published The catalyst for our WHL notation, which applies as Provisional Rules, with both navigation and many years of Lloyd's Register research into operational functions in its scope, marks a move away human-centred design of ship control centres, was from detailed prescription. This necessary change a request for a notation for OSV bridges that however, introduces some new challenges, which will would provide the flexibility necessary for continue to confront the industry for some time. continued > Horizons0409_12-15v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:14 Page 4
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There are some unresolved dilemmas in current Rules that are sufficiently open to allow flexibility thinking about bridge design. On the one hand, incur a number of risks. The first is that they are there seems to be a wish to provide a quiet air- open to abuse, and that a sub-standard design conditioned island of calm for the comfortably could claim compliance. The next risk is that seated bridge team, but also an expectation of compliance is harder to assess. Ways to mitigate unremitting vigilance. risks such as these need to be found as we move towards goal-based regulation. In this case, The team is assailed with a stream of alarms but the mitigations include specialist training and not allowed to depend on them for safe supporting guidance for appropriate surveyors and navigation. With the loss of the Radio Officer the a collaborative working approach between Class bridge has become more of a communications hub, and the shipyard. Where yards are building to but there is an expectation that mobile phones a standard design then a simpler relationship and commercial communications are to be is likely to be sufficient to address any changes, banished rather than managed. e.g. to equipment fit.
The list of audible alarms grows ever longer, Current commercial and regulatory arrangements but providing audio cues to restore the situational place a clear divide between design and awareness given by traditional bridges is operation; the gap is filled by the crew doing viewed with great concern about distraction. ‘integration work'. A key role in linking design Non-navigation activity on the bridge is considered operation is the ‘bridge integrator’. This might with caution and ambiguity, giving rise to such be the yard or a manufacturer; the main task is to questions as: Is a sofa on the bridge a resource ensure that the whole ‘bridge system’ (including or a distraction? the bridge team) works as a whole in an operational context.
The design process needs to give explicit consideration to the different watch states and operating conditions to confirm that the members of the bridge team can perform their roles. It is important that the crew is able to understand the design intent, and is aware of design assumptions and limitations, e.g. the provision of good manuals has been highlighted as important for OSVs.
OSVs are changing dramatically, becoming large complex global assets, and the technology on the bridge is changing very rapidly. The prescriptive approach to specifying OSV bridge requirements has been found to inhibit innovation and to lead to shortfalls in the usability of complex computer systems. Horizons0409_12-15v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:14 Page 5
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Human error is of particular concern to the Meeting the combined visibility requirements OSV sector given the severity of OSV operating may be demanding. The operational bridge may conditions. A good working environment is an interfere with navigation visibility requirements, important ergonomic requirement. and may have demanding visibility requirements of its own, viewing the aft deck, watching loads Clearly, the operational bridge should not interfere on a platform crane etc. with activities on the navigation bridge. The two parts of the bridge may need to share human or New technology is being introduced to ships technical resources, so an important consideration bridges at a remarkable rate. Unfortunately, is voice communication. If the conversation in a deep understanding of user needs is not one part of the bridge is a distraction to the always the prime consideration when technology other part, then there needs to be some physical is being introduced. separation. For example, using a chart table on For further information contact the bridge for operational planning may not Dr Jonathan Earthy, Principal be appropriate. Human Factors Specialist, Lloyd’s Register, London
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Japan enters a new era of opportunity
We know there are some exciting prospects for Richard Neasham, who took marine business here, but to win it, we need to work over from Chris Walters at the closely with our colleagues across Asia, particularly end of last year as country Korea and China, as well as with our business manager for Japan, reflects partners currently working in the energy sector. on the challenges facing Lloyd's Register in the Japan needs to make significant investments in region, in the wake of the its infrastructure as it seeks to improve the security current economic downturn. of its future energy supply chain. In addition, the difficulty in developing onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is driving the adoption of floating LNG (FLNG) solutions. These are real projects being financed by some of Japan’s biggest corporations. Some of the concepts being developed for floating liquefaction are novel, but I think this is where Lloyd's Register’s knowledge of LNG and recent experience can make a telling difference.
In support of our push into the LNG market, we have the talents of Kazuaki Yuasa, general manager for marine business in Japan and deputy country manager. We are very fortunate indeed to Richard Sadler, Lloyd's Register’s CEO and Lloyd's Register Asia’s General Manager Marine have someone with the technical experience and Operations & Country Manager for Japan: Richard Neasham. commercial awareness of Yuasa-san. He has helped us open some very big doors, particularly in the LNG energy sector, enabling us to bid for some THERE is no doubting that Japan’s shipbuilding potentially very significant contracts. and allied industries face a particularly daunting challenge in the next few years. The conundrum At the same time, we have a constant dialogue for Japan is that its industrial output is heavily with the shipping community in Japan, notably the dependent on exports, especially to the US ‘J3’ companies (NYK, MOL and K Line). Operational and China. The decline of these markets has teams in Kobe, Nagasaki and Yokohama also been rapid and severe; couple this decline with continue to support some of Japan’s biggest the very strong Japanese yen, and you have the shipbuilders such as IHI MU, Imabari, Kawasaki, double-edged sword”. MES, Mitsubishi, Namura, Sumitomo, Tsuneishi and Universal. If there’s any consolation for myself and the Japan marine team, it lies in the strength of the new In meetings with senior management across those construction order book and the determination of companies, we have picked up some recurring this team to maintain the best possible relationships themes. Whilst it’s true that our clients are very with Clients. With a steady stream of work until concerned about the current economic situation and 2012, there is a period of opportunity in which to the effect on their markets, they are each focused on look to new types of work and to develop business quite similar strategic objectives. Their stated intent in a slightly different way. is to use 2009 in the wisest possible way. Japanese shipbuilding has seen such times as these before We have to build a bridge towards the next business and many of the leading figures in the industry have horizon, and then we have to cross that bridge. certainly learned from this experience. Their first I firmly believes that for Japan, the Lloyd's Register priority is to research new ship designs and develop theme of ‘One World, One Purpose, One Team’ a portfolio which incorporates the very latest couldn’t be more appropriate or better timed. technical advances and environmental innovations. Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/0910:19Page3 oa to the 1990swheneconomicexpansioninJapancame during ‘thelostdecade’,areferencetotheperiodin explained thattheindustrymissedageneration the middle”.Adirectoratoneofbiggestyards older staff nearingretirement.Butnotsomanyin and machineshops.Andalsothelargenumbersof young peopleI’veseenworkinginthefabrication workforce. Ihavebeenstruckbythenumberofvery produced aremarkabledemographicacrossthe to investinpeople.Itisacommitmentthathas The thirdpriorityforshipbuildersistocontinue financial paintotheprincipals. levels ofcancellations,eventhoughthismaycause suppliers, thattheteamisnotforecastinghigh strength ofrelationshipsbetweencustomersand honoured anddealsupheld.Suchistheenduring is business inJapan,thattheintegrityofacompany It isperhapsthemostimpressivefeatureofdoing business relationsinJapan. He cancellations havebeenreportedinJapantodate. According toKazuakiYuasa, veryfewnewbuilding the relationshipsoflong-term,trustedcustomers. The secondpriorityistofocusonmaintaining measured bytheextenttowhichcontractsare attributes thistotheexceptionalqualityof complete halt. that bridge. spirit of‘OnePurposeandOneTeam’, tocross bridge tothenewbusinesshorizonand,in or changeourskillsandcapability quality ofservicewecan,butalsotodiversify remain competitiveandtodeliverthehighest will last.Thereforeourobjectiveisnotonlyto to improve,perhapslongerthanourorderbook assume thatitwilltakemuchlongerformarkets have toberealisticaboutthefuture.We haveto through ourDesignSupportOffice. However, we commitment toourclients’designdepartments It’s especiallyvitalatthistimewemakeastrong which areapprovedinprinciplebyLloyd'sRegister. together todevelopportfoliosofnewshipdesigns of thebiggestnamesinindustrytoworkclosely I which theindustryseeksforfutureprosperity. shaped andfocusedtoprovidethekindofsupport ensure thatourteamhereinJapaniscompetitively With thestrategicintentofclientsinmind,wemust ready forthefuture”. every yearandtrainourstaff sothatwearealways explained tome.“Nowwemakesurerecruit paid ahighpricetorecover,” oneshipyarddirector “We didn’t recruitstaff fortoomanyyearsandwe am encouragedbyrecentapproachesfromsome , to buildthat F T E Richard Neasham, For furtherinformationcontact Country ManagerforJapan Manager MarineOperations& Register Asia’s General April 2009 +81 (0)456825250 +81 (0)456825258 richard.neasham Horizons Lloyd's @lr.org 17
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Moving Sakhalin’s LNG to market
The significance of Russia’s Far East to the country’s energy economy has been confirmed by the development of the giant Sakhalin oil and gas field. Lloyd's Register is classing many of the ships that will move Sakhalin’s LNG , writes Des Upcraft, Lloyd's Register’s Ice & Cold Operations Business Manager
IN mid-February 2009 Russia opened its first liquefied Lloyd’s Register Asia has been involved with the natural gas plant located at Prigorodnoye, in Aniva Sakhalin II LNG project from its early stages and Bay on the southern shore of Sakhalin Island. The assisted owners and shipbuilders with the design facility is at the heart of the Sakhalin II project, one of and development of the ships necessary for the the largest integrated oil and gas projects in the world. project. A total of six LNG carriers dedicated to moving the field’s output have been contracted The plant will produce about 3.2 million tonnes to Lloyd’s Register class, and the last of these will of LNG this year, or about 50 cargoes. be delivered later this year. Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 5
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Sakhalin – ice management
In February 2007 the first of four icebreaking terminal tugs, Svitzer Sakhalin, was delivered to Svitzer of Denmark. Svitzer Sakhalin provides a unique insight into the current capabilities that may be achieved in ice management.
Ice management is a term often used to describe the activity of assisting ice navigation and operations of ships when at terminals or offshore facilities. A ship on voyage to a terminal may well use the services of an escort icebreaker. However, in the terminal area itself, the role of protecting the ship at the loading facility is particularly important and a smaller more manoeuvrable ship may be required.
Ice management is equally important for fixed structures in the ice, such as drilling rigs and terminals. For these, the necessity is to have active ice management to reduce the risk of impact from drifting ice and to reduce the build up of ice and provide access to the facility.
Unlike traditional icebreakers which are able to break up large pieces of ice at a distance from the structure, smaller ice management vessels are used to push or tow ice or reduce the size of the small floes.
At full capacity the plant will produce about The design of the tugs incorporated the demanding requirements that were issued 9.6 million tonnes per annum for shipment to industry for this project. The tugs will be employed at the Prigorodnoye oil export to customers in Japan, Korea and the western terminal and liquefied natural gas plant, located in Aniva Bay on the south of Sakhalin seaboard of the USA. When fully operational Island. This region experiences cold winters, with temperatures reaching -25 degrees the LNG plant will produce about 5% of global Celsius. The tugs, therefore, were required to perform activities in ice, in addition to LNG supplies. the open water performance required, such as ship berthing and buoy maintenance.
Gas is transported via offshore pipeline from The design for Svitzer Sakhalin was developed by Robert Allan Ltd, Canada. One of the Lunskoye-A platform in the Sea of Okhotsk, the unique design features incorporated into the tugs is the spoon icebreaking bow north-east of Sakhalin Island to an onshore shape, which was developed to achieve the demanding requirement that was given processing facility. From there the gas is sent of breaking 85cm level ice at a minimum of 3 knots. to the LNG plant at Prigorodnoye via the TransSakhalin pipeline network. Additional capabilities that the ice class tugs are to perform include breaking a channel wide enough for tankers. This also necessitated the ability to break out of ice channel. The strategic importance of the Sakhalin II To verify the performance, ice model tests were carried out by the Hamburg Ship Model project was reflected in the list of distinguished Basis (HSVA) on behalf of Robert Allan Ltd. The results demonstrated the tug to be excellent guests who attended the opening ceremony, in ice and in particular, it was observed that there was very little propeller-ice interaction. which included Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation and Taro Aso, the Svitzer Sakhalin was the first of four heavy duty ice class tugs for the Prigorodnoye Prime Minister of Japan. Other guests included terminal and was built at ASL Shipyard, Singapore, a second tug, Svitzer Aniva, was representatives of the Sakhalin Energy delivered shortly afterwards. Two further tugs, the Svitzer Busse and Svitzer Korsakov shareholders – OAO Gazprom, Royal Dutch Shell were completed at FSUE “Admiralty Shipyards”, Russia. All four tugs have the plc, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation. following Lloyd's Register notation: X100A1 Tug, Fire Fighting ship 1 (2400 m3/h) with water spray, LMC, UMS, *IWS, Ice Class 1AS FS continued > Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 6
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The LNG carriers have a length of 288 metres, a 49 metre beam and a draught of 11.25 metres.
The vessels have been built for a Japanese- Russian Consortium, established in 2004 by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and JSC Sovcomflot. The vessels will be employed in the Sakhalin-II project on a 20 year contract, transporting LNG from the Prigorodnoye terminal near Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk in Russia, to Japan, South Korea and Baja California, Mexico.
Since LNG will be exported year round from the Two other Moss-Rosenberg type LNG carriers have Prigorodnoye terminal, the Grand Aniva and her been constructed in Japan, one at Mitsubishi Heavy sister ship have been designed to cope with hostile Industries for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) which conditions which usually occur between January and is scheduled for delivery in 2009. The other ship was March when first-year ice prevails in the area. The completed by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, hull construction has been designed to Finnish- Chiba in 2008 and is jointly owned by a consortium Swedish ice class 1B standard and the propeller and of Primorsk Shipping Company, Mitsui-OSK Lines and line shafting to Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha. (RMRS) ice class LU2 standard. This will allow the ships to operate in ice conditions of up to 40cm In addition two 150,000m3 membrane-type LNG in thickness. carriers were contracted in South Korea, and built to Lloyd’s Register class: one at Hyundai Heavy Industries The 145,000m3 Grand Aniva and her sister ship employs the Technigaz Mk III containment system For further information Grand Elena are jointly owned by JSC Sovcomflot, and was delivered in 2007 to NYK Line. The second contact: Des Upcraft, Ice & Cold Russia and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), Japan. ship was constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding and The ships incorporate a Moss-Rosenberg containment Marine Engineering and delivered to Korea Line in Operations Business Manager, system and were built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 2008. This ship utilises the Gaz Transport NO96 Lloyd’s Register, London Nagasaki, Japan between 2007 and 2008. containment system.
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Korea – weathering the financial storms
Alistair Stubbs, Manager for Korea These dedicated teams are the Business Development, at Lloyd's foundation on which the yards can Register Asia, reviews the prospects realistically plan for 2009 onwards. for Korean shipbuilding The teams provide compelling IT would be a significant understatement to say that advantages for the Korean the shipbuilding market changed in 2008. During shipbuilding industry in these 2008 over 30.7m gt were ordered, however 73% times – Flexibility and Adaptability. of this was ordered in the first 6 months of the year and by the end of August over 92% of the orders As the yards are presented with had been received, writes Alistair Stubbs. enquiries for new ship types and smaller series, the in-house design Since this time almost 0.5m gt of those vessels teams are able to respond quickly ordered in 2008 have been cancelled, or converted to these enquiries, and combined to a different ship type predominantly Tankers with the proven logistic excellence and LPG’s in production, their work ensures the yards are competitive in both No orders were taken in Korea for any new ships slots and price. Looking forward in December 2008 or January 2009. the Korean yards will seek to win business in new ship types. Although initial predictions indicated a market recovering in the second half of 2009, these now The design teams are also seem optimistic and like many businesses the Korea being employed to deliver more shipyards will face significant challenges. However, advanced, high-value vessel the Korean shipyards have solid base on which face types, and are giving the yards these challenges and to weather this current crisis for a competitive edge in the growing a number of reasons. market for drilling ships, floating offshore installations and other The yards’ order books remain strong with good complex vessel types. forward coverage across a variety of ship types. Together, with the yards’ reputation for quality and This flexibility is matched by Lloyd’s Register. on time delivery that is second to none, those factors Its depth and breadth of experience across all ship are providing the Korean industry with a strong types exceeds that of any other classification society. financial basis to move forward. Of course Lloyd’s Register is not immune to the effects of the financial crisis in Korea, either but our past Growth in Korean shipbuilding capacity over the last strategy to focus our presence in the country has years has been significant. However, this has largely left us less exposed to the cancellations and market been achieved through organic means. Although uncertainty. Owners having already ordered or who new yards have opened in Korea, this has not been are considering building in Korea in the coming on the same scale as in other countries, such as months can be confident that their teams and China. projects will be fully supported to the high standards the shipyards and owners have come to expect. Alongside the growth in production capacity For further information contact: in recent years, Korea has invested heavily in We stand ready to work proactively with the yards Alistair Stubbs, Manager for developing their intellectual capacity, this arguably and owners worldwide to help develop projects Korea Business Development, more difficult achievement has resulted in the major to a successful conclusion for all parties. The coming Lloyd’s Register Asia shipyards yards growing large capable design years will be a test for the global shipping industry, centres, and growing expert teams to manage but Lloyd’s Register and the yards in Korea can look E [email protected] the yard logistics for efficient production. forward to the future with confidence. T +82 (0)51 640 5022 Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 8
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Eletson Corp. launches into the LPG market
Greece’s Eletson Corp ventured into a new market with the delivery of its first liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier. Built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyards (HMD) in Korea, the ship marks a milestone for the respected Greek operator, long recognised by the shipping industry for the ownership and management of tankers for more than four decades.
THE 22,010 deadweight tonne Anafi, constructed Nikos Makris, Eletson’s Chief Operating Officer, to Lloyd’s Register class, is the first of a series of said: “For the past four decades, Eletson has four LPG ships being built for Eletson by HMD. built an enviable reputation as a leader in the Built to meet high specifications and exceeding transportation of oil products. Today, we are latest requirements for navigational safety and committed to reinforcing and expanding environmental requirements, these ships into other energy transportation sectors, by demonstrate Eletson’s commitment to the investing heavily in modern and technologically demanding gas transportation market. advanced tonnage.
The Anafi has a length of 165 metres, a breadth “Our LPG vessel, the Anafi, the first of a series of of 28 metres and a moulded depth of 17.8 metres, four sister vessels, has been successfully delivered with engine power of 9,480 kW. by HMD in Korea. As all our vessels, the Anafi is named after a Greek island and will fly the Greek flag.
“Anafi demonstrates our commitment to quality as well as to the company’s pride in our Greek maritime heritage.” Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 9
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Milestones Eletson Corp
1966 Eletson founded by Vassilis G. Eletson owns and operates Hadjieleftheriadis together with one of the world's largest his two sons and two sons in-law. fleets of medium and long range product tankers. First vessel purchased; the m/v The fleet presently consists Maria T, a 30 year old combination of 26 double hull tankers carrier of 2,500 dwt. with a combined capacity of 1,748,081 dwt and one 1969 Eletson purchases its first tanker. 35,000 cbm LPG/NH3 carrier The m/t Evi T of 15,900 dwt. – the Anafi. All vessels sail under the Greek flag. 1999 Eletson selects Lloyd's Register of Shipping for the classification of all The Company has on order its vessels. six 52,000 dwt IMO III product tankers, three 35,000 2000 Eletson revenues surpass the $ 200 cbm LPG/NH3 carriers at million mark for the first time with Hyundai Mipo, South Korea the closing of FY 2000. and two 51,000 dwt IMO III product tankers at SLS, 2006 Eletson expands into LPG sector and South Korea. The vessels orders four 35,000 cbm LPG/NH3 are scheduled for delivery Carriers at Hyundai Mipo, South Korea. from 2009 to 2010.
LPG tanker Anafi
Lloyd’s Register has worked with Eletson and HMD Luis M Benito, Marine Manager and Country at all stages of construction, using proven design tools Manager for Korea, said: “We are very proud covered by Lloyd’s Register’s ShipRight procedures for to work with Eletson on this project. To be able to structural detail analysis and fatigue design assessment. combine our LPG experience with Eletson’s continual and professional commitment to quality has been During construction the ship was surveyed and a rewarding experience. monitored to meet the requirements of Lloyd’s Register’s ShipRight construction monitoring “This is a significant project for us and adds to procedures. This demanding procedure ensures the valuable long working relationship between the vessel is constructed to tolerances intended Eletson and Lloyd’s Register and with HMD. For further information to enhance fatigue performance during her We wish Eletson all the best in the exciting new contact: Alistair Stubbs, operational life. future of LPG shipping and thank all involved Manager for Korea in the project for their support. At Lloyd’s Register Business Development, In addition, by selecting a higher standard of bridge we are now looking forward to helping look after Lloyd’s Register Asia layout and visibility - to the requirements of Lloyd’s Anafi, during her operational life.” Register’s NAV1 class notation – the LPGC Anafi E [email protected] will be well prepared to navigate the increasingly T +82 (0)51 640 5022 congested waters of the world’s major trade routes. Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 10
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South Korea's DSRV II achieves record-breaking dive The test dives, from the Chung-Hae-Jin, the ROK Navy’s multipurpose salvage and submarine rescue ship, were monitored by Lloyd's Register Asia’s Korean surveyors Jae Sun Kim and Hein Leemhuis.
The ‘DSAR 500’ Class rescue submersible is light, manoeuvrable and highly capable incorporating several significant advances in rescue technology.
The submersible is capable of locking onto the escape hatch of a disabled submarine and transferring up to 16 submariners under pressure, recovering them to the surface where they are then transferred into the decompression facility onboard Chung-Hae-Jin. Lloyd's Register has chalked up a hat-trick of firsts in co-operation with the Republic of Korea Navy. On 8 December, the submersible “mated” with a ROK Navy Chang Bogo-class submarine, the ROK Navy’s DSRV II crew and support team Na Daeyong, at a depth of 150 m. The next day DSRV II achieved its record-breaking dive and completed an inclination test. ROKS DSRV II, a rescue submersible built by UK underwater defence systems specialists, James Fisher ROKS DSRV II was built to a design based Defence (JFD), based at Renfrew in Scotland, is the on the Glasgow-based JFD's Deep Search first submarine in Korea to be classed with Lloyd’s and Rescue ‘DSAR 500’ Class submarine rescue Register, marking the first involvement by Lloyd’s vehicle platform. Register Asia with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy. Its construction, which draws on the JFD's Also, the submersible’s final dive during its Sea experience in global submarine rescue Acceptance Tests – to a depth of 507m – is the deepest operations and participation in submarine recorded dive in the history of the Korean Navy. rescue, was overseen by Lloyd's Register.
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Surveyor Paul Marshall from Lloyd’s Register EMEA Glasgow office, dealt with most of the production and testing during construction, and Liz Kennedy from the Hull office, coordinated the global involvement of Lloyd’s Register in the project.
Alistair Stubbs, Manager for Korea Business Development, Lloyd’s Register Asia, said: ”The tests proceeded smoothly and in an excellent controlled matter, despite the relative danger of this test, thanks to the very professional team of James Fisher Defence and the Diving Team of the Korean Navy.
“This job shows the strength of Lloyd’s Register in applying its knowledge and expertise to a novel project and to effectively manage our service delivery from our offices and staff in different parts of the world.”
A ROK Navy Chang Bogo-class submarine
ROK Navy’s DSRV II
Commenting on the successful delivery of the project, Alan Green, the Project Manager for DSAR-5 on behalf of James Fisher Defence said, "Since the award of the contract in late 2006, JFD has worked closely with the Republic of Korea Navy, Lloyd's Register and Lloyd's Register Asia to deliver a world-leading rescue submersible. For further information Alistair Stubbs, Manager for “Lloyds Register’s participation throughout all Korea Business Development, phases of the project proved to be a critical Lloyd’s Register Asia contributory factor to our success, by setting an exemplary standard, and so driving each of the E [email protected] participants to achieving a remarkable standard.” T +82 (0)51 640 5022 Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 12
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Three HMD-built tankers make ‘Significant Ships of 2008’ list
Having already secured the Korean Shipbuilding Association’s first place amongst Classification Societies within Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), and with record number of vessels and new ship types under construction, three of the ships built to Lloyd’s Register Class in HMD were singled out by the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) technical magazine in their publication, ‘Significant Ships of 2008’.
CPO France THE ships selected were the Navigator Aries, a This improvement has now been achieved and was 20,600m3 LPG carrier ordered for Zodiac in the UK, discussed at a meeting between Mr. J.B. Song and CPO France, a 36,000-dwt Product Tanker for German Richard Sadler, CEO of Lloyd's Register, during owner CP Offen and Gulf Baynunah , a 47,000-dwt oil a recent visit to the shipyard. Lloyd’s Register is and chemical Carrier for Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) currently the preferred classification society in HMD of the UAE. and we are working hard to maintain this position.
Gary Horrocks, Lloyd's Register Asia’s Surveyor in Navigator Aries is one of a one of a series of four Charge at HMD, says: “Lloyd’s Register currently has Liquified Petroleum Gas Carriers. Delivered as the largest market share of orders in Hyundai Mipo Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Hull No 8005 she was Dockyard and even with the recent financial turmoil handed over to her owners Navigator Holdings we have still managed to secure additional contracts in August 2008. from clients who have changed their orders from container ships to product tankers and LPG vessels. Designed for handling and transporting refrigerated liquefied gas, the cargo is carried in four pairs of “During 2008 we saw HMD build their first LPG vessel. bi-lobe independent IMO Type C tanks manufactured The Lloyd’s Register Asia Mipo team together with from Grade FH32 steel, with a maximum design the Busan Design Support Office (BDSO) worked pressure of 5.3 bar and a minimum design ‘hand in hand’ with HMD to ensure that all design temperature of -48 C. The vessel is also equipped and site issues were resolved quickly to ensure with a 155m3 deck tank and cargo reliquifaction the projects were delivered on time and to the system for ethylene/propylene. Main engine, satisfaction of the Owner. auxiliary engines and main boiler are arranged for dual fuel operation. “Previous feedback from the HMD President, Mr. J.B. Song, highlighted areas where we needed Lloyd’s Register Classification to improve our performance and together with X100A1 Liquefied Gas Carrier, Ship Type 2G, *IWS, LI BDSO we have worked with HMD over the past X LMC, UMS, RMC(LG), ShipRight SCM year to identify shortcomings and put in place actions Descriptive Notes: Part High Tensile Steel, ShipRight to improve our service delivery in these areas. SERS, Green Passport Horizons0409_16-28v5.qxd 1/4/09 10:20 Page 13
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CPO France, is one of a series of eight high All cargo tanks are coated and optimised for cargo performance medium range (MR) oil and chemical tank cleaning with vertically corrugated bulkheads tankers. Delivered as Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Hull and main stiffeners for deck and inner hull arranged No 2123. Designed for owners CP Offen for trading outside the cargo tanks. The cargo tank layout either oil products or type 3 chemical cargoes. comprises sixteen cargo tanks and two slop tanks. Cargo piping has been arranged to allow handling All cargo tanks are epoxy coated and optimised of eight cargo segregations, through independent for cargo tank cleaning with vertically corrugated discharges for each pair off cargo tanks. bulkheads and main stiffeners for deck and inner hull arranged outside the cargo tanks. The cargo The order pre-dates the IACS Common Structural tank layout comprises twelve cargo tanks and Rules, and therefore the hull structure is delivered two slop tanks. Cargo piping has been arranged in compliance with Lloyd’s Register’s comprehensive to allow handling of six cargo segregations, through ShipRight notations covering structural design and independent discharges for each pair of cargo tanks. fatigue design assessment.
For maximum trading flexibility, the hull and Main engine, auxiliary engines are arranged for machinery have been strengthened for compliance dual fuel operation, whilst the main boiler runs with the Finnish Swedish Ice Class 1A standard with on heavy fuel. 24mm thick plating fitted in way of the ice belt. The hull structure also complies with the IACS Lloyd’s Register Classification Common Structural Rules for Double Hull Tankers. X100A1 Double hull oil and chemical tanker, Ship Type 2, ESP, ShipRight (SDA, FDA, CM), *IWS, LI The main engine and the main boiler are arranged X LMC, UMS, IGS, ShipRight SCM for dual fuel operation, whilst the three 730 KW Descriptive Notes: ETA, Part High Tensile Steel, auxiliary generators run on diesel oil. ShipRight BWMP (S), Green Passport.
Lloyd’s Register Classification X100A1 Double hull oil and chemical tanker, Ship Type 3, CSR, ESP,*IWS, LI, Ice Class 1A FS X LMC, UMS, IGS ShipRight SCM Descriptive Notes: COW(LR), ETA, SBT(LR), ShipRight (SERS), Part High Tensile Steel
Gulf Baynunah is one of a one of a series of eight high performance medium range (MR) oil and chemical tankers. Delivered as Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Hull No 2037. Designed for owners Gulf Gulf Baynunah Energy Mariner (GEM) for trading either oil products or type 2 chemical cargoes the ships feature a full double hull with double bottom height increased to 2.15 metres to comply with the IBC Code.
Navigator Aries For further information contact Alistair Stubbs, Manager for Korea Business Development, Lloyd’s Register Asia
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Lloyd's Register Asia commits to training 200 new surveyors over the next five years
Lloyd’s Register Asia’s Marine Training Manager – Lloyd’s Register Asia opened its first dedicated North Asia. “It ensures that we always will have the marine surveyor training centre in Shanghai, right skills to support the provision of maritime in March 2009. transport services that are safe for both mariners and the environment.”
China was chosen as the location for the Group’s first dedicated training centre due to that market’s continual demand for knowledge development, says Ellams.
The MSTI’s integrated program consists of seven phases, including: • a general introduction to Lloyd’s Register’s vision and values, the role of the surveyor and THE Maritime Surveyor Training Institute (MSTI) occupational health and safety will deliver a new approach to the development • materials and non-destructive testing, focusing of technical competency for the industry, employing on the application of materials rules a team of experienced “surveyor-mentors” who will • induction into survey: an overview of convention guide the trainees through the one-year program. and rule requirements, the classification process Each program will feature 20 trainees and two from plan approval to ships in operation programs will be held each year. • introduction to classification: a closely mentored, on-the-job familiarisation with the application More than an US$8 million (£5.6 million) has been of the classification process earmarked to cover the first five years of operations, • classroom training in new construction, periodical during which time 200 newly trained surveyors are and statutory surveys (strong emphasis is placed expected to graduate from the program. on accessing information for the survey process) • focused field training led by dedicated mentors “Quality staff training provides the most significant (this targets delegate specialisation) contribution to the continued development of our • classroom training: consolidating learning from core product -- the provision of independent technical focused field training (emphasis on project- assurance to the maritime industry,” said Roy Ellams, management and managing client relationships).
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