DNV GL has signed a letter of intent with the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) at SMM today. Claudia Flecken, Member of the HPA Executive Board, and Torsten Schramm, President of DNV GL – Maritime, agreed to join forces in boosting the sustainability of the existing HPA fleet and all new acquisitions.

Today at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg, DNV GL presented Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) with an Approval in Principle (AiP) recognizing the technical feasibility of the new Con-Green 2000 vessel design under the new DNV GL rules. The Con-Green 2000 project brought together partners HMD, MAN Diesel & Turbo, Becker Marine Systems, and DNV GL to develop a highly efficient, reliable and economic feeder design.

At the SMM trade fair today classification society DNV GL presented Hyundai Heavy Industries CO., LTD. (HHI) with an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate. The result of a development project conducted by HHI working closely together with DNV GL, the certificate confirms that the design complies with the new DNV GL rules for the classification of ships. HHI also revealed that they have successfully tested a working 1:2 scale mockup of the design at their yard in Ulsan.