Restart your business with BV - general Home Press release ‘Restart your business with BV’ – a service for passenger ships May. 28 2020 LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share ‘Restart your business with BV’ addresses biological risks, as posed by COVID-19, providing procedures and measures to protect people The new service includes a framework for standards-based on audits and certification, providing operators, crew and passengers with assurance demonstrated by a new Bureau Veritas label - ‘Safeguard’ Paris La Défense, 28 May 2020 Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services has developed a new service and a new label – ‘Safeguard’ - to help businesses world-wide resume operations with appropriate health and safety standards. ‘Restart Your Business with BV’ is designed to address the risks specific to all places where people live and work. Now it is available specifically for cruise ships and passenger ferries combining BV’s global TIC capabilities across global industry with its marine and offshore classification expertise. Passenger vessels have been particularly vulnerable in the pandemic and operations have ceased. BV has developed a framework specifically to address the requirements of this market. Matthieu de Tugny, President Bureau Veritas, Marine & Offshore, commenting said: We have worked to find a way to help passenger ship operators get back in business. Confidence is critical. Restart provides that confidence. Passengers, the crew and all stakeholders engaged in operations on board, in ports and in transit will be able to see that a ship has been assigned the Bureau Veritas ‘Safeguard’ label. By addressing the real risks, with transparency, the necessary trust and confidence can be fostered to support a safe restart and maintain operations thereafter.’ ‘Restart Your Business with BV’, was developed in collaboration with a wide range of experts and stakeholders and the applicability goes well beyond passenger ships – the service is also suitable for all ship types to help protect crew and personnel safety. Work boats such as offshore service vessels and units with regular or high turnover of personnel will benefit. ‘It‘s all about protecting people’, says Andreas Ullrich, Global Market Leader, Passenger Ships at Bureau Veritas. He emphasizes that procedures are vital and must comply with applicable regulations to protect passengers and help ensure safe working conditions for seafarers and all company employees on board. The application and implementation must be consistent – as must auditing by BV – to provide the required demonstration of assurance to end-users. Image Andreas Ullrich Global Market Leader, Passenger Ships Bureau Veritas All stakeholders benefit from the visibility that Restart provides. The Safeguard badge demonstrates an operator has addressed health, safety and hygiene requirements, has properly implemented necessary procedures, has trained the crew and all employees on board and has, as well, agreed procedures with ports and terminals – and, finally, that a BV audit has been concluded satisfactorily.’