Lloyd's Register EMEA awards software conformity assessment certificate to Danaos

Lloyd's Register EMEA has awarded Greece-based maritime software provider Danaos Management Consultants Ltd (Danaos) a software conformity assessment certificate to indicate that its planned maintenance system software is approved for use onboard Lloyd's Register-classed vessels operating Lloyd's Register's Machinery Planned Maintenance Scheme (MPMS). The software conformity assessment system run by Lloyd's Register is an impartial certification system based on assessment of software products against published criteria which involves inspection of requirements, design, testing, verification, configuration management and maintenance.

MPMS is a modified survey procedure which enables ships' chief engineers to carry out inspections and surveys on a selected number of machinery items, such as diesel engines and auxiliaries. The operation of the scheme is audited or surveyed on an annual basis by a Lloyd's Register Group surveyor to confirm that the maintenance work has been carried out in accordance with the planned schedule and that the machinery has functioned satisfactorily since the previous audit.

"We are delighted to have received this certificate from Lloyd's Register EMEA, as it demonstrates that our planned maintenance system is a robust, proven platform for aiding owners and operators in managing their planned maintenance programmes more effectively," says Dimitris Theodossiou, Managing Director of Danaos. "We would also like to congratulate Lloyd's Register EMEA for the smooth and efficient process employed to evaluate the software preceding certification."

Danaos' planned maintenance software is capable of continuously integrating with shore-hosted databases through a broadband 'very small aperture terminal' satellite service, which enables the shore-based office and the ship to ensure consistency of data. The software can be accessed via the world wide web from the shore and via a web browser from onboard the vessel, using a 64 kb ship-to-shore satellite communications link.

"The approval of Danaos' software for use as part of MPMS is a major benefit to ship operators, as it simplifies the process by which the MPMS descriptive note is awarded to individual ships," says Apostolos Poulovassilis, Area Manager of Lloyd's Register EMEA's Piraeus, East Mediterranean and Black Sea Office. "Danaos is the first company in Greece to achieve this certification for its software and is to be commended on its success."

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Notes to editors

1. Lloyd's Register is an independent risk management organisation. The Lloyd's Register Group works to help improve its clients' quality, safety, environmental and business performance throughout the world. Its expertise and activities cover shipping, railways, other land-based industries and oil and gas.
2. Danaos Management Consultants Ltd was founded in 1986 in Greece by Dr John Coustas and Dimitris Theodossiou. The company offers integrated software solutions to shipping companies and their vessels through a network of branches and agents which provide support services to clients worldwide.
3. A photograph in electronic form of the certificate award ceremony is available from news@lr.org

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Dolly Robinson
Marine Media Manager
Lloyd's Register
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E dolly.robinson@lr.org

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