The move reflects the growing role of independent assurance in naval procurement and export programmes. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded its first Approval in Principle (AiP) for an export submarine design to Hanwha Ocean. The AiP has…
The AiP marks an early technical milestone for a standardised floating production concept aimed at complex offshore conditions. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Wison New Energies for a…
Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd (Anemoi) and Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. Ltd (NACKS) have developed new wind-assisted propulsion (WAPS) integration solutions for Ultramax bulk carriers as the vessel segment…
Tokyo – ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the designs of a cable jointing vessel and a cable burial vessel developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. The…
December 4th, 2025 – Deltamarin celebrates five AiP approvals from DNV and Lloyd’s Register for its next-generation, eco-efficient vessel designs. The approved concepts include a 20,000 CBM LNG bunkering vessel, a…
Shanghai, 2 November, 2025 – DNV has awarded Jiangnan Shipyard an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its Jiangnan Intelligent System JNIS (DATA) under the D-INF(S) class notation. Jiangnan received the…
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has granted approval in principle (AiP) to SRC for Methanol Superstorage, the innovative tank design concept that uses a Sandwich Plate System (SPS) technology to almost double…
Busan (Korea), September 11th, 2025 – RINA, the inspection, certification, ship classification and consulting engineering multinational, has awarded Korea Maritime Consultants Co., Ltd. (KOMAC) the Approval in Principle (AiP) for a…
Milan, 12 September, 2025 – DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HD HMD) for an ammonia dual-fuel medium gas carrier (MGC) design featuring…
The technology offers robust safety performance and commercial feasibility for CO₂ transport. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) for its Elevated…
The new design aims to meet the growing demand for safe, scalable offshore wind solutions. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for…
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for ammonia fuelled LPG/NH₃ carrier developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. Tokyo – ClassNK has issued an approval in…
The innovative design incorporates innovations in energy efficiency, smart navigation, and alternative fuel readiness. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) for its…
Oslo, June 6th, 2025 – RINA, the inspection, certification, ship classification and consulting engineering company, has announced at Nor-Shipping the Approval in Principle (AiP) of a new Ultramax bulker design…
Corvus Energy partners with HD Hyundai Mipo for AiP on new green product tanker design. Bergen, Norway June 5, 2025—Corvus Energy, the world’s leading provider of zero-emission solutions for the…
Oslo, 4 June 2025 – At the Nor-Shipping trade fair, classification society DNV awarded HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) an Approval in Principle (AiP) to for its newly developed 40,000…
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for retrofitted methanol dual fuel Kamsarmax bulk carrier developed by TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping okyo – ClassNK…
Paris La Défense, March 31, 2025: Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) for its new…
Tokyo – ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a Rigid Windsail Type Wind-Assisted Propulsion System (WAPS) developed by OceanWings. The certification confirms its feasibility from regulatory and…
Bureau Veritas on track to classifying the AirFish Wing-in-Ground (WIG) Craft by ST Engineering AirX
The first AirFish craft is undergoing fabrication following the award of the Approval in Principle in September 2024. Registration expected to commence in the second half of 2025. Singapore, March 27, 2025: Bureau…
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for large ammonia-powered ammonia carrier developed by MOL, Namura Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Tokyo – ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for…