Paris-headquartered GTT and its partner, China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co. (HZ), have received a double Approval in Principle (AiP) from China Classification Society (CCS) and DNV for their “ballast-water-free” LNG bunker & feeder vessel concept.
The AiPs recognize the compliance of the design with the rules and codes relating to ocean-going vessels, their construction and equipment.
The design is fitted with GTT’s membrane system.
Most merchant vessels take on ballast water when the...
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