DNV is a global provider of services for managing risk, helping customers to safely and responsibly improve their business performance. As companies today are operating in an increasingly more complex and demanding risk environment, DNV’s core competence is to identify, assess, and advise on how to manage risk. Its technology expertise and industry knowledge, combined with its risk management approach, have been used to manage the risks involved in numerous high-profile projects around the world.
Organised as an independent, autonomous foundation, DNV balances the needs of business and society, based on its independence and integrity. With its objective of safeguarding life, property and the environment, DNV serves a range of industries, with a special focus on the maritime and energy sectors. Established in 1864, the company has a global presence with a network of 300 offices in 100 countries, and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Its prime assets are the knowledge and expertise of its 8,000 employees from 98 nations.
As one of the world’s largest ship classification societies, DNV is authorized to act on behalf of some 130 national maritime authorities. DNV Maritime has a market share of near 16 per cent of the world’s existing commercial fleet tonnage and some 19 per cent of ships tonnage contracted in the year 2007. In addition, some 177 MOUs are classed with DNV.
DNV establishes Rules and Guidelines for the classification of ships, mobile offshore platforms and other floating marine structures. It also issues rules and standards for the classification, certification and verification of fixed offshore structures