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01–18 ISSUE 01–18 THE MAGAZINE IMPACT FOR CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS MARITIME MARITIME IMPACT SMART SHIPPING LOOKING BEYOND CUTTING EMISSIONS New technologies and alternative fuels are finding their way into shipping DIGITAL DEFENCE | CUTTING EMISSIONS | SMART SHIPPING | SMART DEFENCE | CUTTING EMISSIONS DIGITAL DIGITAL DEFENCE DNV GL helps owners and operators to protect their assets against cybercrime MODERN CLASS FOR SMARTER OPERATIONS Today’s market needs smarter solutions – and a modern classification partner. Find out how our modern classification solutions can turn possibilities into opportunities – and make your operations safer, smarter and greener. Visit us at DNV GL Forum, East Entrance DNV GL Stand Our experts will provide you with insights on new technology Ground floor, SMM development, cost-efficient operation and in-service experience. hall B4, no. 221 Learn more at dnvgl.com/smm EDITORIAL 03 Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen CEO of DNV GL – Maritime As one of the most important marketplaces for maritime technologies in the world, the SMM trade fair in Hamburg never fails to provide new ideas and insights. This year’s motto “SMMart Shipping” mirrors DNV GL’s role of advancing new technol- ogies, giving comprehensive advice, and helping the industry address the current challenges in the smartest way possible. But even the smartest technologies can be undone by a determined cyber- attack – this is why we have been working with shipowners and managers to fortify their operations. On page 36, we look at some of the new services and notations we offer that can protect control systems, software and procedures, and the cyber professionals at the forefront of this ongoing battle. To be smart you also need to have foresight. In order to reach the ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals set by the IMO, it is essential for all of us to understand the possible options. On page 10 we report on a new DNV GL white paper that evaluates the cost, availability, regulatory challenges and environmental benefits of alternative fuels and technologies. In addition, our newly launched Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform is designed to provide reliable and comprehensive market and bunkering information for well-informed decision- making (page 13). Some of our customers are already operating or planning vessels utilizing new technologies, for example on the first all-electric ferry (page 18), hybrid passenger vessels (page 14) or the world’s first LNG-fuelled Aframax tanker (page 28). We’ll be addressing these crucial topics and many more at our booth and the DNV GL Forum at SMM. I hope to see many of you there. The way a ship is built and operated will change, but the values of our industry – partnership, cooperation, quality, service and trust – will remain. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen 01/2018 MARITIME IMPACT 04 BROADER VIEW MARITIME ALL-ENCOMPASSING Delivered in January 2018, the Very Large Ore Carrier Yuan He Hai isn’t just the world’s largest dry cargo vessel, but meets the newest standards for compliance. She is the industry’s first ship specially constructed or fitted for carrying high- moisture ore as stipulated by IMO’s IMSBC Code. MARITIME IMPACT 01/2018 MARITIME BROADER VIEW 05 Iron ore fines with a high water content may liquefy dur- along with the Gas Ready, Clean, Single-pass Loading, ing transit, shift in the hold and destabilize the vessel. The Shore Power and HMON (hull monitoring) notations. IMO IMSBC Code therefore defines stability requirements In this complex project, DNV GL provided compre- for ore carriers transporting this kind of cargo. Owner hensive support to the owner and Shanghai Waigaoqiao China Ore Shipping wanted its next-generation VLOCs Shipyard in integrating all the advanced features, and to not only have these stability features but also meet the liaised with the flag state to obtain approval. The highly requirements of the DNV GL Liquefaction class notation, advanced vessel was delivered three months early. Photo: China Ore Shipping Pte. Ltd. Shipping Pte. Photo: China Ore 01/2018 MARITIME IMPACT 06 MARITIME CONTENTS 14 28 Smart shipping 10 ALTERNATIVE FUELS 18 GAME CHANGER Regulatory challenges, environmental Passenger vessel Future of the Fjords benefits: DNV GL has issued a new white sets new standards for a greener paper assessing a range of alternative transport infrastructure fuels and technologies 22 MONITORING 14 BATTERY POWER DNV GL helps shipowners and Leading the charge: An increasing operators comply with new EU and number of newbuilds rely on batteries IMO requirements for emissions and to reduce emissions fuel consumption management MARITIME IMPACT 01/2018 MARITIME 07 40 44 28 ARCTIC PIONEERS 40 TECHNOLOGY MEETS COMPETENCE Sovcomflot is pushing the The personnel make the difference in boundaries in the Arctic and DNV GL’s new test laboratories in Norway boosting LNG as a ship fuel 44 PLASTIC POLLUTION 36 DIGITAL DEFENCE The maritime industry has an important Cybersecurity has become a major role to play in the fight against the plastic issue in the shipping industry debris in the oceans Standards 03 Editorial 08 News ER class notation • 34 Training Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, FellowShip project • Aluminium 35 Events CEO of DNV GL – Maritime cables • Expedition vessel 50 Communications 04 Broader view 26 Facts & figures All-encompassing Scrubbers at a glance 51 Imprint 01/2018 MARITIME IMPACT 08 NEWS IN BRIEF Clear skies ahead: New DNV GL class notation Emission Reduction (ER) is the name of a new DNV GL class notation for exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) published in July 2018. It covers SOX scrubbers as well as selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems for NOX removal. Scrubbers are one of the options for shipowners to ensure “As the 2020 IMO sulphur cap on fuel draws closer, compliance with the 2020 sulphur cap. we have been hearing more and more from ship- owners and operators who are looking for guidance will enhance the transparency of the installation and on the installation and approval of systems which approval process for owners, the yards and class, reduce emissions to air,” says Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, and give owners the confidence to invest in these CEO of DNV GL – Maritime. “The ER class notation systems.” Celebrating a fine FellowSHIP: 15 years of maritime battery and fuel cell research Project partners Eidesvik Offshore, Wärtsilä Norway the next generation of more efficient and sustain- and DNV GL have announced the closure of the able vessels.” FellowSHIP research project. The cooperation In 2003, the FellowSHIP project partners began has explored the use of battery, hybrid and fuel laying the groundwork for marine fuel cell technol- cell technology in the maritime industry for over ogy, developing a proof of concept and the basic 15 years. implementation principles, all of which culminated “FellowSHIP has been a flagship research in the installation of a prototype fuel cell on board project,” states Bjørn-Johan Vartdal, Maritime Eidesvik Offshore’s Viking Lady PSV in 2010. Over Programme Director for Technology and Research the life of the project, the focus shifted to demon- in DNV GL Group. “The results from FellowSHIP strating the applicability of hybrid battery power have shaped our knowledge of battery and hybrid systems, especially lithium-ion batteries. Now, with power on board ships and allowed the industry to class rules established and the technology fully implement innovations which will help to enable commercialized, the partners have decided that it is time to close the book on the FellowSHIP project. “Looking back over these 15 years, I think we can safely say that the marine battery revolution started with Viking Lady,” said Øystein Alnes, Principal Maritime Engineer at DNV GL – Maritime. Viking Lady pioneered fuel-cell and battery technology in the maritime industry. MARITIME IMPACT 01/2018 NEWS 09 First DNV GL type approval for aluminium cables As the competitive and economic pressure on the shipping and offshore industries continues to grow, owners, operators and yards are searching for new ways to cut shipbuilding costs. To support its customers, DNV GL has developed the first type approval scheme for the use of aluminium cables and connectors on board vessels. “This type approval represents an- other first for the DNV GL rule set and demonstrates our commitment to moving classification forward to help our customers,” says Geir Dugstad, Senior Vice President, Director of Aluminium cables on board the Olympic Artemis Ship Classification & Technical Director being checked with a thermographic camera. at DNV GL – Maritime. “Electrification is playing an increasingly important role in decades,” says Dugstad. ”At the same time, electric ship propulsion and this new type approval can help propulsion is becoming more widespread in ship- reduce costs and improve sustainability.” ping, which will increase the demand and impor- DNV GL’s new type approvals for aluminium tance of finding more economical power cables.” cables and connectors allow expensive copper to The use of aluminium cables has been tested suc- be replaced with aluminium. The cost savings can cessfully for the past three years in a pilot installation be significant, with the price of aluminium in 2018 on board the Olympic Subsea-owned and managed approximately one third that of copper. “The price of Olympic Artemis, a multi-purpose offshore support copper has been rising sharply over the last several vessel. DNV GL issued the type approvals. Class contract for a polar expedition vessel DNV GL and Brodosplit shipyard, Croatia, have boats that can be deployed from an internal hangar signed a classification contract for the new 200-pas- to facilitate off-ship experiences. Two helicopters and senger polar expedition vessel of Quark Expeditions, helidecks will enable exploration of areas inacces- headquartered in Seattle, USA. sible by boat. The 128-metre cruise ship will be equipped with four main engines and diesel-electric generator sets producing 4,400 kW of power for a top speed of 16 knots.