First Chinese Hull Monitoring System Gains Type Approval
China Classification Society (CCS) has awarded type approval to the nationâs first domestic hull monitoring system.The approval was issued to the China Ship Scientific Research Center located in Wuxi. CCS says the system is of great significance in improving safety performance, extending the service life, reducing operating costs, and improving the efficiency of ships.âThe China Ship Scientific Research Center has successfully developed the hull monitoring system, and achieved breakthroughs in key core technologiesâŠ
Light Structures Inks Deal for Hull Monitoring on 8 LNG Carrier Newbuilds
Light Structures AS was contracted by China Merchants Hoi Tung company to deliver and install Hull Stress Monitoring Systems for eight newbuild LNG carriers. The vessels are owned by two separate consortia for operations in the Middle East and are being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for delivery through 2024 to 2026.Light Structures will provide hull monitoring data to the LNG vessels using the standardized SENSFIB Global system. While essentially a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) product, SENSFIB Global installations are always configured according to vessel design.
Light Structures tapped for ice load monitoring on 10 new Arctic-bound LNG Carriers
Samsung Heavy Industries SHI selected Light Structures AS, a supplier of fiber optic condition monitoring systems for maritime applications, to deliver comprehensive ice load monitoring systems for 10 Arctic Liquid Natural Gas Carriers (ALNGC) operated by Russia´s largest shipping company, Sovcomflot.Click here for feature on Light Structures' as published in the November 2021 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineeering NewsThe first of Sovcomflotâs newbuild ice-class ships will be delivered before the end of the year, with six more due in 2022 and the final three arriving in 2023.
Sumitomo Selects Light Structures Hull Monitoring for Aframax Tanker Pair
Light Structures AS and Japanese shipbuilder Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME) entered into an agreement for delivery of comprehensive hull stress and fatigue monitoring systems on two newbuild 115,000 DWT Aframax crude oil tankers due for delivery in Q2 2023 and Q3 2023.Hull stress monitoring is usually the preserve of larger ships and platforms, or very specialized vessels, but its deployment on Aframax vessels reflects a growing interest in long-term structural monitoring due to the safety and financial benefits it can enableâŠ
World First âExposedâ Fish Farm Features Fiber Optic Structural Stress Monitoring
Ocean Farm 1 operator SalMar and DNV engage Light Structures to deliver precise data for decision support and long-term planningSalmar ASA and Light Structures AS entered an agreement for delivery of a Fiber Bragg Grating technology (FBG)-based structural monitoring system for installation on the Ocean Farm 1 aquaculture facility, located in open water near Frohavet on Norwayâs west coast.Making its debut on what is touted as the first ever âoffshore fish farmâ in 2017, OceanâŠ
BV Completes Full Remote In-water Hull Survey via ROV
Bureau Veritas (BV) and MaDfly â Marine Drone Services â report the completion of a full in-water shipâs hull survey via mini ROV on Brittany Ferriesâ ship Bretagne.The survey was supervised by BV on behalf of the French Flag to validate the integrity of the entire shipâs hullâs bottom. According to BV this inspection was the first of its kind, with the test survey performed twice. A remotely operated drone performed an in-water survey with a BV surveyor onboard the vessel. In parallelâŠ
ClassNK Grants Ffirst DSS (Hull Monitoring) Notation for 211,000-dwt Bulk Carrier
ClassNK granted its notation indicating that the vessel is provided with the cutting edge hull monitoring system, for Dream Clover, a 211,000-dwt bulk carrier which was built by Japan Marine United Corporation for Daiwa Kisen Co., Ltd., and to be chartered by NYK Line (delivery date: July 28, 2021). The vessel is marked with the first DSS (Hull Monitoring) on its notation in ClassNKâs registry.The hull monitoring system equipped to Dream Clover has functions such as assistanceâŠ
ClassNK Releases Guidelines for Hull Monitoring
ClassNK released its âGuidelines for Hull Monitoringâ that summarize technical requirements for a hull monitoring system to achieve the improvement of the ship safety, and stipulates the relevant class notation.A hull monitoring system is intended to collect information through sensors like a strain gauge or an accelerometer installed on the ship and perform condition monitoring and condition evaluation. With the recent development of sensing technology, communication between ships and shoreâŠ
