Chinese shipbuilding solutions are helping shipowners reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency according to Bureau Veritas. Recent ships built in China to BV class point the way toward using LNG as fuel to meet the IMO's Tier III regulations. Examples highlighted include multi-gas carriers built by SinoPacific Group with tri-fuel engines that can use methane or ethane, and chemical tankers built by Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding with LNG fuel systems achieving Tier III compliance. Bureau Veritas is strengthening cooperation with Chinese shipbuilders through its research center in Shanghai to support innovative projects in gas transportation and other sectors.

1. CHINESE SOLUTIONS
SAVE ENERGY AND EMISSIONS
Marintec – the gateway to the
Asian maritime market – will be
held in Shanghai in December.
In the current market conditions
everyone wants reasons for hope.
Marintec will be the place to get
a good feeling of how our industry
is adapting and what should
come next.
The North-Asian shipbuilding
industry and its partners have
developed the know-how,
creativity and energy needed to
transform their portfolio and build
the ships which today’s market
expects. Giant ships for the
container sector, huge demand in
gas transportation and more
interest in eco-shipping, these are
the way forward.
Bureau Veritas takes pride that
we base part of our research
and development capacity in
the region, which has allowed us
to take a leading part, in
co-operation with local shipyards,
academic institutions and other
bodies, in all these innovative
sectors.
Come and see us at Marintec to
find out how our local savoir faire
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and daily operations.
claude.maillot@cn.bureauveritas.com
FOREWORD BY
CLAUDE MAILLOT
Senior Vice President,
Marine & Offshore North Asia Zone
Ships recently designed and built in China and built
to BV class point the way towards Chinese solutions
to the needs of shipowners to reduce air emissions
and improve energy efficiency.
The first three of the Dragon series of eight 27,500
cu m multi gas carriers have been delivered by
SinoPacific Group to Denmark’s Evergas. These
ships accommodate today’s largest pressurized and
refrigerated Type C cargo tanks which are capable
of cryogenic performance down to -163°C for the
carriage of LNG. The propulsion system features tri-
fuel engines from Wärtsilä which can run on both
methane and ethane, a world first. The four-stroke
50DF engines have been successfully tested after
risk analysis, approval in principal and final design
assessment by Bureau Veritas. This concept is now
providingaflexiblesolutiontoachievingtheIMOTierIII
regulations with methane or ethane fuels without
the need for an exhaust gas treatment or
recirculation system.
Even prior to the challenging implementation date of
1st January 2016 set by the IMO for moving to Tier III,
the first two of a series of four 15,000 dwt chemical
tankers classed by Bureau Veritas have been keel-
laid by Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding for Danish
shipowner Terntank. These chemical tankers are
specially designed for operation in the stringently
controlled air quality areas of North America and
Baltic seas. The propulsion system of these vessels
is the first designed to achieve the Tier III regulations
while running on LNG in Otto cycle with low speed
dual-fuel engines providing the advantage of the
reliability of a low pressure fuel supply system while
keeping the fuel consumption performance of a two-
stroke engine.
When compared to a similar capacity tanker
delivered ten years ago Terntank expects 99 per cent
SOx, 97 per cent NOx and 40 per cent CO2 emission
reduction at the same 14 knots speed. These ships
will also be equipped with ship-to-ship LNG bunker
transfer facilities.
In the LNG offshore sector the first FLNG ever
built is classed by Bureau Veritas and nears
completion at Wison Shipyard for Exmar. The on-
board liquefaction and regasification facilities enable
flexible LNG exporting solutions for remote areas
where the construction of shore-based gas terminals
would not be a practical solution. While the first unit
adopted the Type C cargo tank technology, the
second unit, for which keel has been laid this year,
will adopt the SPB cargo containment system.
And finally, as the industry moves resolutely to gas
emissions reduction and energy efficiency choices,
Bureau Veritas China has launched a local
HydrOcean Business Unit to deliver local services
in China and North Asia Zone using Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools for fuel consumption
reduction and energy efficiency, effectively allowing
unlimited hydrodynamic design optimisation.
vincent.joly@cn.bureauveritas.com
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MARINE
CONTENTS
DECEMBER 2015
New Times Shipbuilding
ATRC in Shanghai
CMA CGM's 18,000 TEU series
First Chinese cruise ship - CSR-H Training
Delivery of Aby Paola & Aby Monica
Design Approval for Mark V
20,000 TEU container ships
LNG fuel gas-prepared notation
N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E M A R I N E & O F F S H O R E D I V I S I O N

2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTRE STRENGTHENED
Liu Haijin has worked at China’s New Times shipyard
for twenty-six years, rising from naval architect to CEO.
But he does not look back, he always looks forward
and wants to find new ideas.
New Times Shipbuilding Co. is located on the Yangtze
River in Jingjiang. One of China’s top five yards, it can
build 5m tonnes of ships a year and individual units up
to 300,000 dwt. But for Liu Haijin it is not sheer size
which sets New Times apart. It is new thinking.
“We have grown from a barge builder to a major
shipyard quickly,” he says. “We did that by always striving
to be the best, to deliver quality when perhaps others
looked at quantity, and by looking always for where the
market was going, not where it is. We made the decision
to build large tankers and container ships while others
were enjoying the bulk carrier boom. Today we are in
a strong position because we are preferred by owners
ordering tankers and not suffering like other Chinese
yards.”
New Times has its own independent marine design and
research and development department in Shanghai,
and an internal technology centre with the capacity to
make detailed and production design. With three
drydocks, three outfitting docks and support facilities
the yard is building all sizes of tankers up to VLCCs, all
sizes of bulkers and container ships up to 14,000 teu.
Liu Haijin says, “We practise green shipbuilding and
digital shipbuilding in order to deliver environmentally
friendly, economic, high quality vessels. Our cooperation
with Bureau Veritas began many years ago and our
close relationship is continuously strengthened not only
through classed new building ships but also on R&D
projects and close technical contacts on the
development of new rules and regulations.”
New Times has recently built a series of 10,600 teu
container ships to BV class and is now building two
series of tankers to BV class for Greek and Indonesian
owners and for the first time building chemical tankers
with stainless steel tanks.
“As for new ideas, we are co-working with BV and a
Greek shipowner on the development of an ice-class
Aframax shuttle tanker,” explains Liu Haijin. “We have
good experience with Aframax tankers and BV has good
ice experience so we can deliver what the owner needs
to meet the potential charter requirements.”
Looking forward Liu Haijin says New Times will move
cautiously into new areas. “We may offer a Very Large
Gas Carrier (VLGC),” he says. “And we have definitely
got to be ready to provide dual-fuel ships so that owners
can burn LNG as fuel. That is an area where BV has
good experience and we can develop that together. We
get good support from them and share the latest
technology. Best of all I can call them any time, and so
can my people. It’s a good co-operation.”
www.ncship.com.cn
Mr. Liu Haijin
CEO - New Times Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
2 | VeriSTAR News Marine
December 2015
NEW TIMES, NEW THINKING
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Bureau Veritas’ Advanced Technology and Research Centre (ATRC)
in Shanghai has been strengthened with the addition of a HydrOcean
representative office, a Bureau Veritas company specialist in CFD
calculations.
Staffed by twenty-five specialists, the ATRC works with industry and
academic institutes on joint development projects and concept/basic
design reviews. Together with scientific and academic partners the
ATRC conducts innovation and research programmes on hydro-
elasticity, hull line optimization, energy efficiency, elastic shaft
alignment, gas and offshore technology, noise and vibration
abatement and risk assessment.
Direct access to high level CFD calculations through HydrOcean will
strengthen the research capability and response time of the ATRC.
The ATRC is Bureau Veritas’ contribution to the technological
transformation of the regional shipbuilding providing direct technical
support to local shipyards and designers as well as shipowners at
large.
huatao.jiang@cn.bureauveritas.com

3. VeriSTAR News Marine | 3
December 2015
Bureau Veritas has launched the new notation Battery Systems
which covers the availability and safety systems of major battery
packs used for propulsion on board ships.
Bureau Veritas is currently involved in the classification of two
LNG bunkering ships under construction and has used the experience
acquired during the assessment of these designs to issue its first
rules for the classification of ships which are intended to supply
LNG as a fuel, NR.620 available in www.veristar.com
Bureau Veritas has granted Approval in Principle to a 4,000 cum
Bunkering Ship concept developed by GTT. The concept is for a bunker
tanker, using membrane tanks which can operate up to a vapour
pressure of 2 barg, which could deliver LNG as ship’s fuel, providing
a higher capacity and increased operational flexibility. Intensive
risk-based studies for equivalent design have been carried out
jointly by Bureau Veritas and GTT to demonstrate the feasibility of
the concept.
NEWS IN BRIEF...
France’s CMA CGM has chosen BV class for its newest order of
ULCSs with a nominal capacity of 20,600 TEU. The three vessels,
which will be constructed in Hanjin Heavy Industries in Subic Bay,
rank among the world’s largest container ships, having an overall
length of 400 m and deadweight of approximately 200,000 tonnes.
The vessels will benefit from BV’s service feature Whisp2, covering
a dedicated whipping and springing analysis with a complete ship,
hydro-elastic FE model and the ESA service feature for the
examination of the shaft’s alignment taking into account the hull’s
flexibility.
BV’s notations CLEANSHIP, GREEN PASSPORT and FORS-NS reflect
the environmentally friendly profile of the ships. Delivery of the first
vessel is expected in July 2017.
konstantinos.chatzitolios@bureauveritas.com
BREAKING THE 20K TEU BARRIER
Bureau Veritas has issued Design Approval for the new Mark V LNG
membrane containment system designed by France’s GTT. This
clears the way for the system to be used in new LNG carriers and
FLNGs.
The Mark V technology is an optimised version of GTT’s well-known
Mark III system. It is composed of double insulation with reinforced
polyurethane foam. The new system also includes an innovative
nickel-steel alloy corrugated secondary membrane and offers a
significant improvement in the warranted daily boil-off rate.
The Design Approval certificate was delivered by Philippe Donche-
Gay, Executive Vice President of BV’s Marine and Offshore Division,
to Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT, during a
ceremony held at GTT’s innovation seminar during Gastech 2015 in
Singapore.
philippe.cambos@bureauveritas.com
DESIGN APPROVAL FOR
MARK V CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
Bureau Veritas has published requirements for ships which are designed
and fitted out for dual-fuel or LNG fuel propulsion but which are not
initially intended to use gas as a fuel. The requirements, set out in Rule
Note NR 627 Gas-Prepared Ships, cover special arrangements for new
ships that are designed with specific arrangements to accommodate
future installation of an LNG fuel gas system.
Many owners consider that they will switch to LNG as a fuel in the future,
but are not yet ready to make that change. It makes sense to build and
lay out ships so they can easily be converted in the future. The
requirements of this notation set a benchmark for designers and yards
so they can ensure that every ship is future-proofed and able to be easily
converted to LNG as a fuel when the market conditions are right.
jean-francois.segretain@bureauveritas.com
BUREAU VERITAS PUBLISHES LNG FUEL GAS-PREPARED NOTATION
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4. CMA CGM Group has taken delivery of a series of 18,000 teu
container ships built to BV class by Korea’s Samsung and China's
Shanghai Waigaoqiao and Jiangnan Changxing shipyards.
CMA CGM GEORG FORSTER was followed by CMA CGM
BOUGAINVILLE, currently the largest container ship under the
French flag. They follow CMA CGM KERGUELEN, also from
Samsung. Jiangnan Changxing delivered CMA CGM VASCO DE
GAMA and Shanghai Waigaoqiao CMA CGM ZHENG HE, the largest
container ships ever constructed in China. CMA CGM BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN will be delivered in November 2015 also by Jiangnan
shipyard. These 400 m LOA, 54 m beam vessels are all equipped
with BV Cleanship notation.
konstantinos.chatzitolios@bureauveritas.com
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CMA CGM COMPLETES
18,000 TEU SERIES
VN-M12/2015
VeriSTAR News Marine | 4
December 2015
Japan Marine United (JMU) recently delivered two BV-classed
bulk carriers, “ABY PAOLA” and “ABY MONICA”. The 60,000-dwt
vessels, which were built at JMU’s Kure Shipyard, will be
managed by Augustea Technoservices S.R.L. They are "Future
60" models developed by JMU as a successor to the "Future 56"
type bulkers. With the extension of Future 56's length by
8 meters, the Future 60's deadweight tonnage has been
expanded to 60,000 tons.
tomoyuki.kano@jp.bureauveritas.com
BV has worked with designer SDARI and HuangHai Shipbuilding
to class the first cruise ship built in China for export.
The 300-passenger ARANUI 5 was built for the Compagnie
Polynésienne de Transport Maritime and delivered in October 2015.
ARANUI 5 complies with all the latest regulations from Bureau
Veritas, French Flag, EC Directives and IMO Conventions including
Safe Return to Port requirements, EEDI, Accessibility for
passengers with reduced mobility, and COMFORT Class for
passenger and crew accommodation.
The new flag ship of the Polynesian Company will start operation
in Polynesia early December.
jean-jacques.juenet@bureauveritas.com
FIRST CHINESE CRUISE SHIP
FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKET
ABY PAOLA AND ABY MONICA
DELIVERED
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Bureau Veritas has delivered training for Korean shipyards on new
tools for the Harmonized CSR-H Rules. The training was focused on the
latest update of Bureau Veritas’ Finite Element software VeriSTAR Hull
and the changes made in order to cover the Harmonised Common
Structural Rules.
The Korean shipyard trainees appreciated the user-friendliness of the
pre- and post-processing integrated into the software which allows
automatic checking of the structure and loads in a quick, accurate and
reliable way against the CSR-H requirements.
The shipyards specifically liked the top down analysis methodology for
checking the stresses with fine meshes analysis and also the automatic
checking of fatigue structural details.
dung.huynh_duc@kr.bureauveritas.com
KOREAN YARD CSR-H TRAINING
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