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SEDNA focuses on the main topics including the modern bridge systems with state of the art tools,
improvement in voyage planning incorporating data transfer and big data utilisation, research on the anti-icing
solutions, safety assessment of low flash point fuels as well as risk-based methodology in the design and
operation for ice-going vessels.
"This international development project provides a good platform to further improve the areas in safety and
efficiency of the designs for the arctic shipping and navigation" states Mr Reko-Antti Suojanen, Managing
Director of Aker Arctic Technology Inc.
Further information of the SEDNA project can be found from the project website.
KR TO AUDIT BANGLADESHI-FLAG VESSELS
Korean Register (KR) signed an agreement last week with the government of Bangladesh to deliver services on
behalf of the Bangladeshi flag administration, carrying out vessel surveys and issuing certificates in accordance
with international conventions.
KR is now able to conduct the relevant surveys and audits and to issue certificates to Bangladeshi flagged
ships for compliance with SOLAS, MARPOL, ITC, ICLL, and MLC.
KR has been working to obtain the authorization to deliver statutory services to Bangladesh, anticipating an
increase in sea-borne transport between Southern Asian countries and Bangladesh, which currently enjoys
annual GDP growth of about 6%.
Lee Jeong-Kie, Chairman and CEO of KR, said: “We are delighted to receive the authorization to deliver
statutory services on behalf of the Bangladeshi government. This means that we will be able to provide a wider
range of sought after services to our customers in a timely manner, adding value to their businesses in
Southern Asia, including those in India and Sri Lanka.
“This new authorization demonstrates our commitment to continually enhancing the quality and range of
services we offer to our clients, wherever they are in the world.”
NAPA AND NDES COOPERATE
NAPA, the global maritime software, services and data analysis provider, and Japan’s NTT Data Engineering
Systems (NDES) have signed collaboration agreement on ship design and manufacturing support systems and
on the commercialisation of engineering services that will streamline integration between early stage design
and production planning.
NAPA and NDES will initially develop and commercialize interface modules that enable 3D data linkage
between NAPA’s structural design software NAPA Steel and NDES’s 3D ship structure viewing
software Beagle. NAPA Steel supports basic ship structural design, while Beagle supports production planning
and design review using 3D models. With this interface, users will be able to take the 3D design data
from NAPA Steel, created mainly for basic design purposes, and seamlessly create visualizations using Beagle –
allowing production plan examinations to be conducted at early design stages.
It is currently possible to study production in Beagle using 3D data created with 3D-CAD tools at the
production design stage. However, thanks to this collaboration, users will be able to conduct production
reviews at the initial design stages, enabling significant production cost reductions by optimising structural
design and production schemes using NAPA product models earlier in the design stream.
NAPA and NDES are convinced that this will facilitate smooth collaboration between design and
manufacturing in shipbuilding process, and enable the incorporation of manufacturing considerations at the
basic design stage, greatly reducing the total cost of ship design and manufacture.
MEM Marine Engineers Messenger
Editor Patrik Wheater
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