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Innovation AwardsDNV winsInnovation AwardsDuring the months of September through November this year,DNV has received three different innovation awards, as describedbelow. Triality has been an important contributor to this, in additionto DNV’s other innovation projects over the last couple of years.TEXT: JAN KOREN, DNVPhoto: Lloyd’s List›› Lloyd’s List Global Innovation Award,London, 21 September 2011Ioannis Kourmatzis, Chief Operating Officer, DivisionEurope and North Africa, receives the prize on behalfof DNV from Chris Potter, Chief Executive of ASRY.the Lloyd’s List InnovationAward “The DNV Triality project stoodout from the pack because it offered atruly innovative attempt to look into thefuture and address real problems with realsolutions.”This was the reason stated by Lloyd’sList and its nine-member highly skilledand experienced international judgingpanel when the award for the best innovationproject in the global shipping industry2011was presented at a ceremony in Londonin late September.“I was really pleased and honouredto accept the award on behalf of a lot ofskilled, hardworking DNV colleagues,” saidIoannis Kourmatzis, DNV’s COO Europe& North Africa.When the financial crisis hit the shippingindustry in late 2008, DNV decided tomeet the upcoming challenges by focusingeven more on innovation. Triality was oneof several innovation projects initiated,and a group of almost 30 talented, mostlyyoung engineers representing a wide set ofdisciplines was formed to run it. The projectwas completed and presented at thebeginning of December last year.Triality is a VLCC concept that isfuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG)and has a hull shape that eliminates theneed for ballast water. The very low LNGtemperature is used to recover cargovapours (VOCs) and cool the combustionair supplied to the main engine in orderto increase engine efficiency. All this willreduce emissions to the atmosphere to significantlybelow the level stipulated in anyregulations that are foreseeable today.Lloyd’s List stated that: “DNV won thisyear’s award because they dared to thinkwell beyond the current conservatisminherent in shipping and handed a seriousproblem to a team of talented youngengineers unencumbered by entrenchedthinking.”And the judging panel continued: “Theresulting project was a fascinating seriesof solutions and concepts that ultimatelyproduced a radical design for an LNGpoweredvery large crude oil carrier.”The innovation category presented thejudges with their toughest debate, as noother category had that many candidates– 20 strong entries. All in all, awards weremade in 14 different categories, representingall parts of the extensive, global shippingindustry.Like most other concepts – such asthose created in the car industry – Trialitywill probably never be built exactly as ithas been presented. However, major partsof its solutions and ideas will certainly bepicked up and used.As the tanker shipping industry is facingmajor challenges due to very low freightrates and few newbuilding orders arebeing signed right now, the time should beright to look into new opportunities –suchas those represented by Triality.There was an extensive presentation ofTriality in Tanker Update No 2, 2010.22 | Tanker UPDATE NO. 2 2011
Innovation Awards›› Sea Trade Middle East Innovation Award2011, Dubai, 17 October 2011DNV’s Jörgen Traun receiving DNV’s TechnicalInnovation Award from Mr Mohammed S. Al-Gusaier(President & CEO of Vela International MarineLimited).›› Lloyd’s List Middle East Innovation Award2011, Dubai, 16 November 2011DNV’s Jörgen Traun, here seen together with RichardMeade, the editor of Lloyd’s List.›› Sea Trade Middle East Class Society Award2011, Dubai, 17 October 2011Jörgen Traun receiving DNV’s Classification SocietyAward from Mr Ali Al Yabhouni, President of theUAE Shipping Association.Technical Innovation Award andClassification Society AwardDNV was declared the winner of the TechnicalInnovation Award and ClassificationSociety Award at the Seatrade Middle East& Indian Subcontinent Awards 2011 on 17October 2011Held at the Atlantis The Palm hotelin Dubai, the awards ceremony was wellattended by leading players in the maritimeindustry, and DNV won both thecategories it was nominated for; the ClassificationSociety Award and TechnicalInnovation Award.The Technical Innovation Awardreflects DNV’s innovation efforts, particularlythe VLCC Triality concept and Quantum,an innovative container ship conceptalso developed by DNV.“Winning the Classification SocietyAward for the sixth time and the TechnicalInnovation Award for the first time meansDNV will face high expectations in subsequentyears,” says Jörgen Traun, DNV’sRegional Manager for India and MiddleEast. “We need to continuously evolve,”he declared to his colleagues after theceremony.Lloyd’s List Middle East andIndian Subcontinent InnovationAwards Mr Sultan Al Zaabi, Finance DivisionManager of ADNATCO & NGSCO,handed over the Innovation Award wonby DNV to Mr Jörgen Traun during a galadinner in Dubai on 16 November 2011.DNV’s innovation projects It isimportant to distinguish between an innovationproject developing a concept andone developing a ship design. We entirelyagree with those who claim that classsocieties should not be involved with shipdesign.What DNV has done is, based on itsexpertise, to come up with ideas whichmay bring the shipping industry forwardin compliance with new regulations anddemands. DNV has no patents or proprietaryrights associated with these projects.They have been openly presented to themedia and shipping world. Anybody –designers, yards and owners – is completelyfree to reject these ideas or see them asa commercial business opportunity. In thelatter case, engineering and design workhas to be carried out to prepare specificationsand drawings based on the completeinnovation concepts or part of them. Inthis way, our innovation projects maytrigger new ideas and opportunities fordesigners and yards.Based on the awards described hereand feedback we have received from themedia and shipping community at large,there is strong evidence that this type ofinnovation is highly appreciated. Tanker update NO. 2 2011 | 23
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