VeriSTAR News 11 28/02/06 10:32 Page 1 Best practice not just for tanker managers > MARCH 2006 > BV EVENTS MSC PLACES MEGA ORDER NEWSLETTER OF THE MARINE DIVISION MARCH 2006 ast growing MSC Cruises has placed an tonnage of 133,000 gt, and are to be delivered in Confirming the confidence of MSC in BV’s Forder with Chantiers de l’Atlantique for spring 2008 and 2009. services and expertise, all four cruise vessels two post-panamax size cruise vessels. have been contracted with Bureau Veritas CONTENTS Client Profile: Best practice not just for MSC places mega order These two vessels are quite a lot larger than class, and are designed to meet the highest 234Managing massive designs tanker managers LDA takes double-hull bulker The two ships, MSC FANTASIA and MSC the two panamax size vessels MSC MUSICA BV special notations covering automation, SERENATA, will have a capacity of 3,880 and MSC ORCHESTRA already under comfort and environmental protection. FOREWORD passengers in 1,650 cabins. They will both be construction at the same yard, and due for BY FRANCOIS TEISSIER 333 m long with a beam of 38 m and a gross delivery in June 2006 and spring 2007. > [email protected] > BV EVENTS LDA TAKES DOUBLE-HULL BULKER n November 2005 Louis Dreyfus Armateurs took delivery of the I171,000 dwt PIERRE LD, the second of two double-hull capesize bulk carriers from Korea’s Daewoo shipyard. The French bulker operator, which claims to be the first company As BV’s marine chief executive to bring double-hull capesize vessels into service under a European for the USA and Canada I am flag, takes the view that the double-hull is an effective way of proud to work in the world’s strengthening the structure of large bulkers by increasing resistance toughest regulatory to side shell structure failure. LDA is looking to acquire more environment. Here we have the double-hull ships if, in the absence of an IMO rule making them obligatory, it can find a yard ready to build them. world’s highest concentration of cruiseships, the world’s leading > RULES For more information > [email protected] edge technology, and the world’s NEWS highest standards. It calls for attention to detail and service > BV EVENTS beyond compliance, and I am BV READY FOR happy that Bureau Veritas’ global INTEGRATED CERTIFICATION FOR CROATIAN FLEET clients get that from us. COMMON BULKER AND hirteen can be a lucky number. The thirteen In the last two years 5 cruise inland navigation passenger ships TANKER RULES T vessels have been certified by BV belonging to Grand Circle Cruise Line, a he IACS Common Structural Rules for bulk moving to the new Common Structural Rules, for first entry in US waters, and subsidiary of Grand Circle Corporation located Tcarriers will come into force in April 2006. It our experience is a reservoir they can tap into in Dubrovnik, Croatia have been issued with been welcomed without delay by is important for yards and owners to understand and get the best solutions quickly and easily. integrated ISM, ISPS and ISO certificates. the US Coast Guard. This year we the rules, and to find the most cost-effective way The integrated certification includes the shall roll out our Health on to implement them. The new IACS CSR for tankers works in a certification of the Company's Safety Board programme, deploying the different way. To develop the IACS CSR tanker Management System (DOC). Grand Circle Cruise world’s best expertise to counter BV played a leading role in developing these rules the old rule books and experience were Line is the only company in Europe operating contamination of all sorts on rules, so we really understand their philosophy. put aside and it was done from first principles. passenger river ships certified to all these cruise ships. These new rules are built on accumulated That means that no society in IACS has any international standards. experience with bulk carriers so we have a good special experience with the new rules, and we Grand Circle Corporation has more than 2,000 And of course we are in the knowledge of how to apply the rules in practice, all start from scratch. Inevitably it will take some employees worldwide and a fleet of 28 ships, and we can share that with yards and owners. time to shake down the rules and ensure there home of the world’s biggest operating mostly on European rivers. That saves them time and money, while getting is a common implementation. cruise event. I look forward to them better ships more quickly. welcoming all our friends and For more information > http://www.gct.com However, the process will be simpler for bulkers. clients to Seatrade Miami, where The IACS CSR for bulkers has also chosen BV’s With the JBP Rules we can use our experience we celebrate all that is good in MARS software tool for its longitudinal strength of how these rules work and how the tools CONTACT FOR VERISTAR NEWS: the US and in cruise shipping. calculations. The tool can be downloaded from perform to help everyone to move confidently the JBP internet site. Our engineers know these and quickly forward. Philippe Boisson 33 (0) 1 42 91 52 71 > [email protected] tools thoroughly and really understand how Annie Lavrencic 33 (0) 1 42 91 31 40 > [email protected] > [email protected] bulkers work. So for a yard, designer or owner > [email protected] Bureau Veritas, 17 bis, Place des Reflets, La Défense 2, 92400 Courbevoie, France - Fax: 33 (0) 1 42 91 52 98 VeriSTAR News 11 28/02/06 10:32 Page 3 > MARCH 2006 > MARCH 2006 > CLIENT PROFILE > NEWS SERVICES BEST PRACTICE NOT JUST FOR ...NEWS IN BRIEF… MANAGING MASSIVE DESIGNS > The first 7,000 dwt oil tanker TANKER MANAGERS of a series ordered by Bakri was launched at Qindao Qianjin shipyard in the presence of Mr. continuous improvement Hani Bakri on 30 November 2005. beyond the tanker sector. The yard has more than 10 ships of this type in its orderbook… The TMSA scheme is a quality initiative and that will allow a tanker owners or managers > BV guidance note NI 518 to rate themselves against a “Classification and Certification of set of levels and standards Offshore LNG Terminals” is published in the OCIMF available since November 2005. It verything about the in Turku he can call on 185 of his own design design in Rauma. “Both of these owners are TMSA Best Practice Guide. provides a comprehensive set of EAker Yards group is staff plus what he describes as “a very good important clients to us,” explains Sauli. “We have prescriptions to deal with floating big. Thirteen shipyards network of engineering knowledge we are lucky built and are building a number of ships for Although TMSA is based and with gravity based structures, and growing. Thirty- to have here in Finland.” them, so our reliability as a shipbuilder is a key upon tanker managers and integrates production, eight ships delivered last focus for us. When building passenger ferries assessing their own process, storage, transfer systems year. 112 on the order As part of managing the engineering and design we have to focus on delivering the required performance, Bureau Veritas in accordance with the various book, and seventy-three of passenger ships, Sauli places heavy demands performance within tight cost constraints, which can assist by providing possible use of the terminal… contracted in 2005 on classification societies. “We need class to outs more pressure on time and co-operation introduction courses to TMSA, alone. Among those work within a determined time frame, we have through the engineering, design and MSA is a tanker industry initiative supported helping to interpret the various levels and > were the world’s largest to have the quick service that fits our turnaround classification phase.” by OCIMF to encourage greater self standards as well as providing on going training Year 2005 has been a very T intense year in the offshore field ever cruise ships, and a number of massive and times,” he explains. “But class has to do more examination and awareness of tanker and assistance for those who will be actively and up to 6 FPSOs, FSOs and FPUs sophisticated ferries. than just provide a good service. When we are If Sauli could improve one thing it would be the management and operations leading the way to involved in the implementation of the scheme. have been ordered with a BV class working on modern passenger ships we are document handling exchange with class. “We continuous improvement through best practice. And by making it relevant to all ship owners and for major operators in Europe, So it is no surprise that if you ask Sauli Eloranta, always examining alternative novel solutions. have our own electronic document handling Bureau Veritas has schemes in place to help all managers. China, Malaysia and Brazil… senior vice president in charge of design for the So we have to be able to have an open technical system,” he says. “We would like to be able to owners implement its ideas, spreading > [email protected] Aker Finnyards group, what his major challenge relationship and the flexibility to discuss different use that with class. All the societies are working on some sort of a system, and we want to work is, he answers simply, “It’s sheer size.” Sauli technical solutions to deliver what the client > Brittany Ferries has confirmed > TOOLS says, “The big challenge is the sheer volume of wants.