Classification society, DNV and shipbuilding group, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), have established a Future Ship Joint Innovation Centre in Shanghai.
The centre will allow both companies to cooperate on ship and offshore field technical innovation, advance in decarbonisation and digitalisation transformation, and provide technical support and solutions to the maritime industry.
The centre will set up three joint work groups on decarbonisation, digital twin/digital ship, and smart shipping, focusing on developing future-proofed vessel holistic solutions to advance green and smart shipping innovations.
CSSC’s vice president, Sheng Jigang says: ‘The establishment of this centre is an important step for a deepened strategic cooperation between CSSC and DNV, China and Europe.’
‘It is a key milestone in our bilateral collaboration and will advance the strategic cooperation between our two groups to a new level…Together we will work to ensure it will become a model for the maritime industry’s proactive response to decarbonisation and digital transformation,’ adds DNV Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen.
Source: Molly Cooper, AntwerpXL 2023
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