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Bureau Veritas approves lightweight rudder flap from InfraCore

Bureau Veritas (BV) has given an Approval in Principle (AiP) to InfraCore Company for its design, modelling, production and testing of a full glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rudder flap for an 18,500 TEU container vessel.

The certificate was delivered as a result of the EU-funded project RAMSSES – Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient Ships – which aims to expand the application and usage of innovative materials to build more efficient and sustainable ships.

RAMSSES was initiated to validate and accelerates the processes for the approval on the usage of innovative materials to improve the life cycle performance of European built ships and maritime structures.

An important aspect of RAMSSES was the role classification societies play in developing a more efficient and agreed upon standard risk assessment.

Bureau Veritas successfully defined a first draft of the approval process to be considered within RAMSSES project, pioneering the safety and performance of new technologies.

“The usage of innovative materials will help advance innovation, safety and performance. This AiP is another testament to our ambition to support safe innovation to shape a better future for the maritime industry and the wider world,” said Laurent Leblanc, senior vice president of technical & operations at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore.





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