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Bureau Veritas classifications for all weather conditions
Photo: Risto Valkeapää
“T
his is a time period of developing a new efficiency in the
yards and the sea traffic”, Mr. Curt-Olof Eklund, Man-
aging Director of Bureau Veritas Finland (BV) says.
“There is a need to eliminate climate effects like storms and
ice in the traffic and the classification companies like BV has an
important role in this new situation.”
“One example is from the logistics sector. It is a new type
of multipurpose deck cargo vessel of the Finnish chartering and
operations company Meriaura Oy Ltd. The vessel “Aura”, is designed especially for transporting heavy project cargos on deck
in the Baltic Sea area, and it has been built according to the Finnish-Swedish ice class I A by classification of BV. No weather circumstances, even in the wintertime, can disturb the block transportation between yards. This is important concerning the tight
time tables of the shipbuilding projects.”
“BV has also a long history of the classification of Tallink
ships. The starting point from “Romantica”, delivered in 2002,
has joint to a lengthened version from the base chain like “Galaxy” and now a third of those, which will be built in the Rauma
shipyard for delivery in 2009”, Mr Eklund says.
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