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ClassNK certifies “Sunflame Smart Support System” as Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions Leading Classification Society ClassNK has certified “Sunflame Smart Support System”, developed by Sunflame Co., Ltd., as Innovation Endorsement*1 for Products & Solutions, under the Society’s certification service for innovative technologies. In July 2020, to promote the spread and development of innovative technologies, the Society launched Innovation Endorsement as a swift certification service in cooperation with technological front runners to establish appropriate evaluation criteria. Among the certification categories, "Products & Solutions" covers digital equipment and software technology installed for use on vessels. Sunflame Smart Support System is a condition monitoring and performance analysis solution for boiler burners and
incinerators developed by Sunflame. It offers IoT-based realtime information collection and visualization of operational status as well as condition monitoring and performance analysis of equipment by combining their experience in parts sales and engineer dispatch. ClassNK’s experts verified the functions of Sunflame Smart Support System for burners and incinerators, which include condition monitoring, performance analysis, advice on maintenance, auto-report service, advice for optimized operation, prevention of critical incident, and application to other equipment, and issued the certificate. This marks the first time that Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions has been granted to the marine manufacturer.
DNV safety management audits target crew well-being support safer operations at sea.” In response to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on The new DNV audit protocol is grounded in the International seafarers, DNV has instructed its safety management audiSafety Management Code (ISM) and the Maritime Labour tors to specifically address seafarer health, work and living Convention (MLC) of 2006. The overall objective of these conditions in their 2021 audits. “The pandemic has in many cases made crew repatriation regulations is to ensure safety at sea by requiring companies difficult, posing challenges to the mental health of seafarers to provide, among other things, a safe working environment working and living in relatively confined spaces for extended through assessing all identified risks to ships and personnel periods,” said Georg Smefjell, Head of Maritime Manageand establishing appropriate safeguards.Focusing on relement Systems (MMS) Services, DNV Maritime. “With the vant ISM objectives and implementing appropriate safesupport of experts throughout DNV, we have established a guards for risks related to the pandemic will enable DNV Docseparate audit protocol addressing challenges to crew health ument of Compliance (DOC) holders to better handle the and well-being.” ongoing challenges, according to Smefjell. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has noted with DNV has recently revamped their MMS audits around the fit “deep concern” that hundreds of thousands of seafarers have for purpose concept, where auditors assess the effectiveextended their original tours of duty far beyond the recomness of management systems in meeting customer and regmended maximum. The ILO acknowledges the “immense ulatory objectives based on analysis of customer performrisk” that increased fatigue represents for the physical and ance and needs. mental health of individual seafarers and for the safety of nav“Our customized safety management service will help our igation, security, and protection of the marine environment. DOC holders deal with risks to seafarers associated with the “The whole value chain of shipping has its role to play in pandemic and take proactive measures to alleviate them,” supporting the ongoing plight of the seafarers,” said Knut said Smefjell. “The health and well-being of seafarers is of Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV Maritime. DNV took part in the The Mission to Seafarers' Flying Angel interest not only because of the “Safety at sea is at the heart of every- campaign and the development of the Happy-at-Sea App need to prevent the spread and consequences of Covid-19 and thing DNV does and the health and comply with industry standards, wellbeing of crew is vital to upholding but also because it is key to safety standards. We believe that companies meeting their objecincreasing our focus on the risks assotives and goals for safe and ciated with seafarer fatigue in our effective operations.” safety management audits will help APRIL 2021 SHIPPING 35