Bureau Veritas approves new retrofit concept for large container vessels

COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI Zhoushan) shipyard, together with the technological expert in membrane containment systems GTT and the naval consultancy and engineering firm Alwena Shipping, have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for a new retrofit concept, combining LNG fuel conversion and increase of length (jumboization) for very large container ships.

The jumboization and the conversion of the propulsion and electrical generation...

https://container-news.com/bureau-veritas-approves-new-retrofit-concept-for-large-container-vessels/

New containership retrofit concept: Stretch and switch to LNG

Converting existing containerships to LNG fueling can be expensive. Could adding in a new revenue-earning ship section ease the financial pain? Bureau Veritas (BV) has given its Approval in Principle (AiP) to a new containership retrofit concept that combines conversion to LNG fueling with vessel jumboization.

Awarded at a ceremony at Bureau Veritas (BV) headquarters in Paris, the AiP was granted to Joint Development Program (JDP) members GTT, consultancy Alwena Shipping and China’s CHI Zhoushan...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/new-containership-retrofit-concept-stretch-and-switch-to-lng/

GTT, Alwena Shipping and CHI Zhoushan receive Approval in Principle from Bureau Veritas for a new retrofit concept combining LNG fuel conversion and vessel jumboization for very large container ships

GTT, Alwena Shipping and CHI Zhoushan receive Approval in Principle from Bureau Veritas for a new retrofit concept combining LNG fuel conversion and vessel jumboization for very large container ships

Paris and Beijing – March 1st, 2022. During a ceremony at Bureau Veritas (BV) headquarters based in Paris La Défense, GTT, a technological expert in membrane containment systems, Alwena Shipping, a naval consultancy and engineering firm, and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd (CHI...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/01/gtt-alwena-shipping-and-chi-zhoushan-receive-approval-in-principle-from-bureau-veritas-for-a-new-retrofit-concept-combining-lng-fuel-conversion-and-vessel-jumboization-for-very-large-container-ships/