Veristar Info News

Ariane 7 Mooring Software

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Ariane 7 is a multi-body mooring software. It's developed from Ariane 6.x 3Dynamics.
The interface is completly rebuilt with a user friendly interactivity.

BV classed fleet reaches 60 M GT and more than 8.000 ships

Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

With the delivery of the High Speed Passenger Ferry SUPERSTAR on April 2008, the BV classed fleet reached more than 60 million gross tons and now totals more than 8,000 sea going vessels.

EuroMed Cooperation on Maritime Safety and Prevention of Pollution from Ships - SAFEMED

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

The SAFEMED project is being implemented by REMPEC since January 2006 and until the end of 2008, under the overall coordination of the European Commission and with technical backstopping from IMO.

Teaming Agreement between BUREAU VERITAS and CONCORD RISKS

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

On the 4th April 2008, BUREAU VERITAS has signed a "Teaming Agreement" with CONCORD RISKS a leading French private security company which is part of the emblematic Bernard Krief Consulting Group (www.bernard-krief.com).

L'Eau et la Santé - Forum Franco-Québécois Eau et Santé Samuel de Champlain - La Rochelle, 24th - 25th April 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

If water is life for the man, we should not misused it. Tanii Akio wrote that "the mission of the company is to overcome poverty, to deliver our Society of starvation, by creating wealth and producing profusion of consumer goods as cheaper as the water tap".

TMSA - Tanker Management and Self Assessment - BV Training Solutions

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Bureau Veritas had already delivered this year two TMSA training sessions, one at BV Regional Training Centre (RTC) Shanghai on February and another in the BV RTC Croatia on March.

Train the Trainers

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Bureau Veritas Marine has defined a specific training process to qualify a BV Trainer, allowing him/her to deliver any training to our clients, including those found in the BV Training Solutions.

Participating in International Maritime Convention

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Bureau Veritas was presented in the last International Maritime Conference – “Sharing Best Practices in Maritime Education and Training to Meet World Shipping Needs” in Philippines, Iloilo, January 29-30, 2008

Bureau Veritas has certified the LNG Training Course from Videotel

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Bureau Veritas, following its aim of ensuring quality in the Maritime Education and Training, has issued a Certificate of Compliance for the Videotel LNG Training Course after verifing its compliance with the SIGTTO Competency Standards 'Guidance and Suggested Best Practice for the LNG Industry in the 21th Century".

Successful real-life operation of the VeriSTAR HLC concept at Lisnave shipyard

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Attaching thickness measurements to a ship’s 3D geometric model is a promising concept, developed through the “CAS” European project, initiated and lead by BV.

The 8th Bureau Veritas Ships in Service annual seminar was held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 15 to 18 October 2007

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The 2007 training seminar was attended by 130 Operation Managers from all over the world, and external participants from flag and port state control authorities, as well as representatives from Croatian Register, Indian Register and Turkish Lloyd.

Bureau Veritas supports the 3rd Middle East LNG/LPG Shipping Forum

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The 3rd Middle East LNG Shipping Forum will be held in Doha Qatar on the 3rd & 4th of September 2007 with support from Bureau Veritas. This forum will have special focus on offshore floating LNG facilities.

Bureau Veritas and Safe Technology are pleased to announce two unique training courses in collaboration with Battelle

Mon, 28 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Following on from a tremendous response in the U.S. and Australia, and the recent adoption of Battelle's Structural Stress Method into the 2007 ASME Div 2 Code and the residual stress estimate techniques in the API 579/ASME FFS-1, Battelle's Dr Pingsha Dong will present the following two courses in Paris, France betweek July 12th - 13th, 2007 :

Accreditation of BV Training Solutions Program

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT

BV Marine Training Courses have received accreditation from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)

Integrated ISO/ISM/ISPS certification for International Shipping Partners

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The US based manager of a fleet of 9 passenger ships has chosen BV for integrated ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISM and ISPS certification.

FPSO DALIA benefits from VeriSTAR AIMS

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT

"DALIA", delivered to Total for West Africa service is the first FPSO to benefit from BV's VeriSTAR Asset Integrity Management System from delivery.

VeriSTAR Stability - First commercial release is now available!

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The first commercial version of Bureau Veritas, new naval architecture software is now available.

Bureau Veritas Naval Rules benefit military ship designs

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

LEADING international classification society Bureau Veritas has joined forces with prominent military ships designers and builders to update and complete its Rules for Classification of Naval Ships. The new rules, which build on Bureau Veritas’s experience with high-technology vessels and materials, will provide designers and builders with a safe, pragmatic, robust and rational framework for military ships of all sizes.

BV identifies problems with container lashing equipment procedures

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT

LEADING international classification society Bureau Veritas has identified a number of problems with certain container lashing equipment procedures which it believes may have contributed to a spate of recent incidents of container losses at sea.

Bureau Veritas Yacht Rules benefit new designs

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT

LEADING international classification society Bureau Veritas has joined forces with leading yacht designers and builders to completely re-engineer its Rules for Classification and Certification of Yachts. The new Rules, launched today, build on Bureau Veritas’ extensive experience with high-technology vessels and materials to provide designers and builders with a safe, pragmatic, robust and rationale framework for yachts of all sizes.