News from DNV

Maritime

04 december 2014

Welding faults can send fuel costs skyrocketing

Blueprints and reality always differ, as production procedures and workmanship vary between highly developed and developing countries. And supposedly minor details can have a significant impact on fue...

Maritime

04 december 2014

DNV GL facilitates improvements in worldwide DP operator training and certification

Together with the established DNV GL competence standard for DPOs, the DNV GL standard for Test Centres and the standard for Maritime Simulator Systems it provides the framework for organizations who ...

Maritime

04 december 2014

Better qualified and trained staff can reduce maritime casualties

One of the fundamental principles of safety management is that all incidents and accidents are preventable. Therefore, it is vital to ensure that whenever there is an accident or incident the causes a...

Maritime

21 oktober 2014

Advanced seakeeping software opens door for in-service optimization

Until recently, the accurate calculation of added resistance (more precisely: added power requirements) in waves has been considered impossible or at least impractical. Instead, global margins have be...

Maritime

21 oktober 2014

New IMO requirements for 2015

The following summary will give you a quick overview of the most important IMO requirements entering into force from 1st January 2015 to 1st July 2015.

Other sectors

10 oktober 2014

Ny ISO standard på arbejdsmiljø afløser OHSAS 18001

I 2016 lancerer ISO sin første standard indenfor arbejdsmiljøledelse. ISO 45001 kommer til at erstatte den tidligere OHSAS 18001 og få samme nye struktur som ISOs øvrige ledelsessystemstandarder. Derm...

Other sectors

06 oktober 2014

Brug din certificering i markedsføringen

De nye certificeringsmærker er nu tilgængelige, og de kan være et vigtigt budskab i din markedsføring overfor markedet.

Maritime

10 september 2014

DNV GL survey simulator workshops - inspections of ships and offshore structures in virtual reality

Maritime authorities clearly stipulate that owners must ensure their ships comply with all the required rules and regulations. For example, the ISM Code explicitly requires ship inspections, including...

Maritime

10 september 2014

Energy efficient operation of ships - masterclass

Energy efficient operation of ships does not mean simply focussing on compliance; it means understanding the different options that can lead to real improvements in the efficiency of the vessels and h...

Maritime

04 juli 2014

Awareness about "energy saving on board"

Technical measures and new innovations will only have an effect if the people on board are involved, support them and know how to use them. Therefore good communication and raising awareness about the...

Maritime

04 juli 2014

Ballast Water Management: National US requirements are already in force

Bearing this in mind ship owners should now get familiar with what is stated in the convention and find out what needs to be implemented and which investments in new technology and crew training may b...

Maritime

02 juni 2014

Avoid Port State Control detention - be in compliance with security-related training requirements

The missing certificates, requested by the PSC officers, have their background in the STCW Convention and Code, as amended in Manila in 2010. Not everybody is aware of all the details of the amendment...

Maritime

02 juni 2014

DNV GL's Maritime Academy Singapore Signs MOU with BKI

The scope of the MOU will focus on exchanging of lecturers and trainers in maritime education and training, conduction of training courses, workshops and conferences, cooperation in the usage of train...

Other sectors

28 maj 2014

ISO 9001:2015 nu offentlig tilgængelig i DIS

Den nye version af verdens mest populære ISO standard: ISO 9001 Quality Management, er netop offentliggjort i Draft International Standard (DIS) og dermed tilgængelig i udkast for virksomheder. Den en...

Maritime

13 maj 2014

Training for MPA's trainers

Maritime Academy Singapore was recently engaged by MPA, Academy, the training arm of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), to conduct two runs of the "Train the Trainer" course for MPA's...

Other sectors

10 april 2014

Har I styr på Informationssikkerheden

Hos DNV GL har vi ligeledes fulgt sagen med interesse. Ikke for hvem som er den næste kendte person, som opdager hvorledes de er viklet ind i sagen, men fordi hele sagen drejer sig om informationssikk...

Other sectors

08 april 2014

Sådan bliver de nye ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 standarder

Ændringerne ISO 9001 og ISO 14001 standarderne vil først og fremmest koble ledelsesstandarderne tættere til både virksomheders topledelse og strategi, samt stille mere skarpt på virksomheders generell...

Other sectors

26 marts 2014

Gladsaxe Kommune sætter nye standarder inden for rengøring

I Gladsaxe Kommunes Rengøringsservice er den traditionelle rengøring, hvor der blev gjort rent efter fastlagte programmer, blevet afløst af et nyt system, hvor rengøringsmedarbejderne har fået kompet...

Other sectors

26 marts 2014

Rengøringen i Gladsaxe Kommune sætter nye standarder

Gladsaxe Kommunes Rengøringsservice er, som det første offentlige rengøringsselskab i Danmark, blevet certificeret efter DS/INSTA 800, en fælles nordisk kvalitetsstandard for rengøring. Kvaliteten af ...

Maritime

20 marts 2014

E.R. Schiffahrt boosts on-board energy efficiency

The E.R. Schiffahrt fleet currently comprises 125 container ships, bulk carriers and offshore supply vessels, which are deployed by leading liner and bulk commodity shipping companies and in the offsh...